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==Etymology==
− The preposition “en” is [[inh|fro|en]], [[inh|la|in|t=in, on, into]].^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(DHLF 1992) The Strasbourg Oaths (842) still have the Latin form “in”, “en” appears at the end of the 9th century.^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989) Latin “in” had already taken on in Late Latin the senses and uses it has in French.^(TLFi) It goes back to [[itc-pro|*en]], from [[ine-pro|*h₁én|t=in]];^(Wiktionary) compare [[grc|ἐν|tr=en]] and [[de|in]].^(Littré 1873)
+ The preposition “en” is [[inh|fro|en]], [[inh|la|in|t=in, on, into]].^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(DHLF 1992) The Strasbourg Oaths (842) still have the Latin form “in”.^(DHLF 1992) “En” appears at the end of the 9th century.^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989) Latin “in” had already taken on in Late Latin the senses and uses it has in French.^(TLFi) It goes back to [[itc-pro|*en]], from [[ine-pro|*h₁én|t=in]];^(Wiktionary) compare [[grc|ἐν|tr=en]] and [[de|in]].^(Littré 1873)
Cognate with [[it|in]], [[oc|en]], [[es|en]] and [[pt|em]].^(Littré 1873)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)
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==Semantic evolution==
− From “from there” the word came to stand for any complement introduced by ''de'' (“of it, of them, about it”), and for a quantity (''j'en veux deux'').^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) It also became a prefix of verbs of movement, as in [[s'enfuir|alt=s'enfuir]], [[emmener]], [[emporter]] and ''s'en aller''; this use is found only in Gallo-Romance.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)
+ From “from there” the word came to stand for any complement introduced by ''de'' (“of it, of them, about it”), and for a quantity (''j'en veux deux'').^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) It also became a prefix of verbs of movement, as in [[enfuir|alt=s'enfuir]], [[emmener]], [[emporter]] and ''s'en aller''; this use is found only in Gallo-Romance.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)
==Meanings==