Etymograph

English

input

Input comes from Middle English inputten.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500inputten
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2009input

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500inputten
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2009input

Earliest quotation: 2009, J Stanley Warford: “The program inputs a value for the integer variable…”

Formed from in- + put

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Germanic *putōną ‘to stick’

Proto-West Germanic *putōn ‘to stick’

Old English putian

Middle English putten ‘to put’

English put

Every English word from Middle English inputten

Today it means

noun The act or process of putting in; infusion.

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Etymograph / Middle English inputten / input

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