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The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁énteros“inner, what is inside”
2. Latin · derived fromintrōductiō“lead-in, introduction”
3. English todayintro

Clipping of introduction, from Latin intrōductiō (“lead-in, introduction”) – the abbreviation removes the second part of the compound; the first part ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”). The demoscene sense comes from the fact that they were originally prepended to pirated copies of computer games.

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