Insert
/ˈɪn.sɜːrt/noun
To put or place something into something else.
Did you know?Insert comes from Latin *inserere*, a verb built from *in-* (“into”) + *serere* (“to join, link, interweave”), so its oldest sense is about forcing something into a woven structure, not just casually placing it.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ser-
“to join, link, string together”
Latin
Latin
serere
“to join, link, sow, interweave”
Latin
Latin
inserere
“to join into, implant, graft; later to put in”
Old French
Old French
insérer
“to insert, put in”
Late Middle English
English
inserten
“to put in, introduce”
Modern English
English
insert
“to put or place something into something else”
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