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i-English (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English i-, y-, ȝe-, from Old English ġe-, from Proto-West Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱó-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“with, near, by, along”). Cognate with Dutch ge-, Low German ge-, je-, e-, German ge-.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗i-English (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Latin i-, assimilated form of in- used before gn-.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗i-English (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work English network English internetwork English Internet English i- From Internet. Popularized in the name of the iMac line of computers (1998).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗i-English (en) · Etymology 5Source text
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