Where does “in-” come from?
in- (Spanish) comes from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
in- (Spanish): not
Ancestry of “in-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 2 | Latin | în | — |
| 3 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |