English
en
En comes from Latin en.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEen
- Englishearliest quotation 1773en
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEen
- Englishearliest quotation 1773en
Earliest quotation: 1773, The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal E: “The word length, which contains only four sounds l…”
The story
The name of the letter comes from Latin en. The typographic sense dates to 1793.
Every English word from Latin en
Another origin of en
- Frenchc. 1600–presenten
- Englishtodayen
Another origin of en
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱís‘this (here)’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hiz‘this, this one’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hiʀreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hēas hine
- Englishtodayen
Today it means
noun The name of the Latin script letter N/n.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin en / en