Etymology

ingroup

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Today it means: The social group that one belongs to. Full definition →

English group ← Italian gruppo ← French groupe
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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*grewbʰ-
  9. Proto-Germanic*kruppaz
  10. Frankish*krupp
  11. Vulgar Latin*cruppus
  12. Italiangruppo
  13. Frenchgroupe
  14. Italiangruppo
  15. Englishgroup
  16. English todayingroup

From in- + group.

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