Etymology

inbound

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Today it means: Coming in, heading inwards. Full definition →

English bound ← Middle English bownde ← Old Norse búinn
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Germanic*in
  3. Proto-West Germanic*in
  4. Old Englishin
  5. Old Englishin-
  6. Middle Englishin-
  7. Englishin-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
  9. Proto-Germanic*būaną
  10. Old Norsebúinn
  11. Middle Englishbownde
  12. Englishbound
  13. English todayinbound

From in- + bound.

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