in-to

See also: into, Into, INTO, intő, and -into

Middle English

Alternative forms

• into, inne to, jn to, jne to, inte

Etymology

From Old English intō, equivalent to in +‎ to.

Preposition

in-to

1. into
   • c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 23–24:

     At nyght was come into that hostelrye
     Wel nyne and twenty in a compaignye

     There came at nightfall into that hostelry
     Some nine and twenty in a company

Descendants

• English: into
• Scots: intae

References

• “in-tọ̄̆, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.