Insit
/ɪnˈsɪt/noun
To graft or implant something into another substance or structure.
Did you know?Insit belongs to the same Latin word-family as “insert,” reflecting an old metaphor in which grafting a plant was literally treated as inserting living material into a host.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ser-
“To join, bind, or connect”
Classical Latin
Latin
inserere
“To insert, implant, or graft into”
Classical Latin
Latin
insitus
“Planted, implanted, or grafted in”
Medieval Latin
Latin
insit-
“A grafted or implanted form, from the participial stem of inserere”
17th–19th Century
English
insit
“To graft or implant; an archaic or technical verb”
Modern English
English
insit
“A rare historical term meaning to graft or implant”