Proto-Indo-European

*h₁en

‘in’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₁en.

6 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₁en, most familiar first.

• enter ← entren ← entrer ← intrō ← intrā
• interior ← *h₁énteros
• inner ← innera ← inne
• introduce ← introducen ← introduire ← intrōdūcō ← *h₁énteros
• intro ← intrōductiō ← *h₁énteros
• introversion ← intrōversio ← intro ← *h₁énteros

More words from *h₁en

• ensemble
• impulse
• intern
• incense
• intestine
• incubation

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁en