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Where does “enter” come from?

enter (Old French) comes from Latin imputō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “enter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimputō—
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “enter”

  • enten
  • ent
  • ente
  • enten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →