myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of insertus

Etymology of the Latin word insertus

the Latin word insertus

derived from the Latin word inserere (plant, sow; graft on)

using the Latin prefix in- (suffix for no)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ne (not)

derived from the Latin word serere (to plant; sow, plant; strew; wreath; join, entwine)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *se-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ser-

English insert, Italian inserto, Portuguese inserto, Spanish enjerto, Spanish injerto