Etymology

instill

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Today it means: To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature. Full definition →

Latin instillō ← Proto-Italic *en- ← Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Latinstīria?
  6. Latinstīlla
  7. Latinstīllō
  8. Latininstillō
  9. English todayinstill

Borrowed from Latin instillō.

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