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DictionaryRoot: in-
Latin

in-

in, into, on, upon

Forms

  • in-
  • im- — Used before b, m, or p in Latin.
  • il- — Used before l in Latin.
  • ir- — Used before r in Latin.
  • en- — Developed in French in some words later borrowed into English.

Origin

Reconstructed Proto-Indo-European *en, ‘in.’

Note

Identical spellings can hide two different prefixes: this one indicates position or direction, while the other means ‘not.’

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Several shop owners join their separate storefront models into one shared company model while one owner places the last piece inside the whole.
noun

incorporation

in-kor-puh-RAY-shuhn/ɪnˌkɔːrpəˈreɪʃn/

The combining of parts into an organized whole.

Etymology
inLatinin, into, on, upon
+corporLatinbody
+ationLatinan action, process, or result

Uniting things “into one body” explains inclusion within a whole. In the legal sense, that body is an artificial person formed by a union of people and able to act as one.

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