Etymology

inturned

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Today it means: turned inwards Full definition →

English turned ← Middle English in- ← Old English in-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Germanic*in
  3. Old Englishin-
  4. Middle Englishin-
  5. Englishin-
  6. Englishturned
  7. English todayinturned

From in- + turned.

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