Proto-Italic

*en

‘in’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *en.

20 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *en, most familiar first.

• encounter ← encountren ← encountrer ← incontrā ← in
• intimate ← intimātus ← intimō ← intimus ← intus
• ensemble ← īnsimul ← simul ← in ← en
• impulse ← impulser ← impulsus ← impellō ← pellō
• incense ← encens ← encens ← incensum ← incendō
• intestine ← intestīnus ← intus ← in
• incubation ← incubātiō ← incubō ← *enkubāō ← *kubāō
• incubus ← incubō ← *enkubāō ← *kubāō ← *en-
• incubate ← incubātus ← incubō ← *enkubāō ← *kubāō
• impel ← impellen ← impellō ← pellō ← *pelnō
• intimation ← intimatio ← intimō ← intimus ← intus
• agog ← agogge ← en ← in

More words from *en

• censer
• impulsion
• disensanity
• impulsor
• incienso
• intine
• incend
• incension
• infirmary

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *en