Where does “într-un” come from?
într-un (Romanian) comes from Romanian întru, from Latin intrō, from Latin intra, from Latin interus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.
Ancestry of “într-un”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | întru | in |
| 2 | Latin | intrō | — |
| 3 | Latin | intra | within; inside; during; less than |
| 4 | Latin | interus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |