Where does “ingredient” come from?

ingredient (Middle French) comes from Latin ingrediēns, from Latin ingredior, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

ingredient (Middle French): ingredient

Definitions

  1. ingredient

Ancestry of “ingredient”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiningrediēnsentering
2LatiningrediorI go into or onto, enter; I enter upon, engage...
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “ingredient

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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