Etymograph

English

input

Input comes from Middle English inputten.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500inputten1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2009input1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English input
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2009, J Stanley Warford: “The program inputs a value for the integer variable…”.

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500inputtenWiktionary, English input
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2009inputWiktionary, English input. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2009, J Stanley Warford: “The program inputs a value for the integer variable…”

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Today it means

noun The act or process of putting in; infusion.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “input”. 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 / Middle English inputten / input