English
ineunt
Ineunt comes from Latin ineō ‘to enter, go into’, from Proto-Italic *eneō ‘to go in’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- ‘to go’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ey-1‘to go’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éyti1‘to go, to be going’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ejō1reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*eō1‘to go’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*eneō2‘to go in’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEineō3as ineunt‘to enter, go into’
- Englishtodayineunt3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Italic *eneō
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin ineo
- 3 Wiktionary, English ineunt
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ey-Wiktionary, Proto-Italic *eneō‘to go’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éytiWiktionary, Proto-Italic *eneō‘to go, to be going’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ejōWiktionary, Proto-Italic *eneōreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*eōWiktionary, Proto-Italic *eneō‘to go’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*eneōWiktionary, Latin ineo‘to go in’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEineōWiktionary, English ineuntas ineunt‘to enter, go into’
- EnglishtodayineuntWiktionary, English ineunt
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- ‘to go’
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti ‘to go, to be going’
ion, isthmus, cation, anionic, 18 more
through Proto-Italic *eō ‘to go’
initial, transition, ambitious, ambition, ambient, eyre, sedition, ambiance, ambit, 3 more
through Latin ineō ‘to enter, go into’
Today it means
noun A point of a curve.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “ineunt”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Italic *eneō, Latin ineo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- / ineunt