English

instance in

instance + in

A compound of instance + in

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand’

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Latin stō ‘to stand’

Latin īnstō ‘to stand upon; to press’

Latin īnstantia ‘presence; urgency’

Middle French instance

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in

Proto-West Germanic *in

Old English in

Middle English in ‘inside’

English in

Today it means

verb To cite an instance; to adduce an example.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / instance in