Into
/ˈɪn.tuː/noun
Used to indicate movement or direction toward the inside of something or a change in state.
Did you know?“Into” is a modern fusion of the Old English preposition *in* and the directional particle *to*, a tiny grammatical spell that turned simple location into movement.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
in tō
“in to; toward the inside or toward a place”
Middle English
ME
into
“into; toward the interior of”
Early Modern English
EN
into
“used for motion toward or entrance into something”
Modern English
EN
into
“indicating movement to the inside of something or a transformation into another state”