Where does “în” come from?
în (Romanian) comes from Latin de retro, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti, from Proto-Indo-European pós — afterwards, post; by, at.
în (Romanian): in, into, within; in, on, when
Definitions
- in, into, within; in, on, when
Ancestry of “în”, step by step
în traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin de retro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | de retro | from behind |
| 2 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 3 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 4 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |