introit

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁ey-“to go”
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁én“in”
3. Latin · derived fromintroitus“act of entering in or into, entrance; passage; place of entrance; (figuratively) beginning, introduction, prelude”
4. Anglo-Norman · derived fromintroït
5. Middle English · inherited fromintroite“act of entering in or into, entrance; place of entrance”
6. English todayintroit

PIE word *h₁én From Late Middle English introite (“act of entering in or into, entrance; place of entrance”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman introït, introïte (“introit”), or from its etymon Latin introitus (“act of entering in or into, entrance; passage; place of entrance; (figuratively) beginning, introduction, prelude”), from introeō (“to enter, go in”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs). Introeō is derived from intrō (“to enter, go into”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”)) + eō (“to go”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”)).

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