Where does “en” come from?
en (Middle French) comes from Old French en, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
en (Middle French): on; on to
Ancestry of “en”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | en | in; inside; on; upon; in |
| 2 | Latin | în | — |
| 3 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |