in-to

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See also: into, Into, INTO, intő, and -into

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English intō, equivalent to in +‎ to.

Preposition

in-to

  1. into
    • c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 23–24:
      At nyght was come into that hostelrye
      Wel nyne and twenty in a compaignye
      There came at nightfall into that hostelry
      Some nine and twenty in a company

Descendants

  • English: into
  • Scots: intae

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