Within
/wɪˈðɪn/noun
Inside the limits or bounds of something; in or into the interior of something.
Did you know?Within comes from Old English and was formed from a word for “inside” plus a suffix meaning “by, near, or toward,” so it originally carried the feeling of being enclosed by a boundary rather than just “inside.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*wiþan
“by, against, near”
Old English
OE
wiðinnan
“within, inside”
Middle English
ME
withinne
“inside, inwardly”
Modern English
EN
within
“inside the limits of something”