English
insert
Insert comes from Latin insertus ‘inserted, introduced’, from serō ‘join, bind together, connect, entwine,…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ser-‘to bind, put together, to line up’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*séretireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*serōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEserō‘join, bind together, connect, entwine, interweave’next step skipped: Latin īnserō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinsertus‘inserted, introduced’
- Englishearliest quotation 2013insert
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ser-‘to bind, put together, to line up’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*séretireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*serōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEserō‘join, bind together, connect, entwine, interweave’next step skipped: Latin īnserō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinsertus‘inserted, introduced’
- Englishearliest quotation 2013insert
Earliest quotation: 2013, David Bordwell, Narration in the Fiction Film: “[…] close-ups of her legs on the escalator, an…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ser- ‘to bind, put together, to line up’
service, sort, stream, hero, serve, conservative, reservoir, heresy, sermon, conservatism, concierge, sorcery, sorcerer, heretic, observant, sark, servitude, assertive, strudel, conservator, servile, serf, 33 more
through Proto-Italic *serō
through Latin serō ‘join, bind together, connect, entwine,…’
season, series, serial, desert, exert, soiree, soirée, cerrado, sere, 9 more
Today it means
verb To put in between or into.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ser- / insert