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

See Also

In

Homographs

In, -in-, in-, -in, -in