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PIE word *h1én From Middle English in-, from Old English in- (“in, into”, prefix), from Proto-Germanic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *h1én. More at in.

From Middle English in-, borrowed (in words of Latinate origin) from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Proto-Indo-European *en (cognate to Germanic in-, above). Often borrowed from French in- (e.g. incise, incite, incline, indication), or as French en-, originally from Latin in.

PIE word *né From Middle English in-, borrowed (in words of latinate origin) from Latin in- (“not”). Sometimes the Latin word has passed through French before reaching English (e.g. incapable, incertainty, inclement, incompatible). Doublet of un-.

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• French: in- en- — in, into, towards
• Galician: in- — in, into, towards
• Greek: εισ- (eis-) — in, into, towards
• Greek: εν- (en-) — in, into, towards
• Italian: in- — in, into, towards
• Norwegian Bokmål: inn- — in, into, towards
• Persian: درون (darun-) — in, into, towards
• Polish: w- — in, into, towards
• Portuguese: em- — in, into, towards
• Portuguese: in- — in, into, towards
• Spanish: endo- — in, into, towards
• Spanish: en- — in, into, towards
• Spanish: em- — in, into, towards
• Spanish: in- — in, into, towards
• Spanish: im- — in, into, towards
• Spanish: i- — in, into, towards
• Spanish: intra- — in, into, towards
• Armenian: ան- (an-) — reversal of meaning
• Catalan: in- — reversal of meaning
• Czech: ne- — reversal of meaning
• Esperanto: mal- — reversal of meaning
• Finnish: epä- — reversal of meaning
• French: in- — reversal of meaning
• Greek: α- (a-) — reversal of meaning
• Greek: αν- (an-) — reversal of meaning
• Hebrew: אִי (i) — reversal of meaning
• Hebrew: בִּלְתִּי (bílti) — reversal of meaning
• Ido: ne- — reversal of meaning
• Indonesian: in- — reversal of meaning
• Italian: in- — reversal of meaning
• Japanese: 不 (fu) — reversal of meaning
• Norwegian Bokmål: ikke- — reversal of meaning
• Norwegian Bokmål: u- — reversal of meaning
• Norwegian Bokmål: van- — reversal of meaning
• Norwegian Bokmål: mis- — reversal of meaning
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ikkje- — reversal of meaning
• Norwegian Nynorsk: u- — reversal of meaning
• Norwegian Nynorsk: van- — reversal of meaning
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mis- — reversal of meaning
• Polish: nie- — reversal of meaning
• Portuguese: in- — reversal of meaning
• Russian: не (ne) — reversal of meaning
• Spanish: in- — reversal of meaning
• Swedish: o- — reversal of meaning
• Swedish: in- — reversal of meaning