Where does “installer” come from?

installer (Middle French) comes from Medieval Latin installo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “installer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latininstalloto install, put in place, establish; install, put...
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “installer

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