In

Morpheme

In

Type

free base

Denotation

preposition denoting “not out, contained by, included, on, at, part of, among, during, toward”

Etymology

Middle English merger of Old English in and Old English inne

Evidence

in, inbound, income, infield, infill, infirmary, ingrown, inland, inner, innermost, inners, input, ins, inside, inset, instead, into, inward, within

Notes

cognate of Latin In
homophone of Inn

See Also

In, Inn

Homographs

In, -in-, in-, -in, -in, -in(e) [-ine, -in]