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Where does “en” come from?

en (Old Latin) comes from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

en (Old Latin): in

Definitions

  1. in

Ancestry of “en”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicenin
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “en”

  • important
  • incumbens
  • incumbendus
  • including
  • individual
  • incombere
  • influence
  • incomber
  • include
  • incombement
  • increase
  • image
  • immediately
  • importance
  • instance
  • entire
  • industry
  • Chinese
  • impossible
  • impact
  • enemy
  • increasing
  • employment
  • Japanese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →