English
introversion
Introversion comes from Latin intro ‘within’, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros ‘inner, what is inside’, and ultimately from *h₁en ‘in’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁en‘in’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁énteros‘inner, what is inside’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintro‘within’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900intrōversio
- Englishearliest quotation 1654introversion
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁en‘in’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁énteros‘inner, what is inside’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintro‘within’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900intrōversio
- Englishearliest quotation 1654introversion
Earliest quotation: 1654, Thomas Gataker, A Discours Apologetical: “...their... Fastings, Prayings,... Introversions,... Humiliations, Mortifications...”
Formed from introvert + -sion
Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’
Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
Latin vertō ‘to turn’
Latin intrōvertere
English introvert
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁en ‘in’
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros ‘inner, what is inside’
interior, introduce, dysentery, enteral, 13 more
through Latin intro ‘within’
Today it means
noun A turning inward, particularly
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁en / introversion