'insert' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'inserere,' where 'in-' meant 'into' and 'serere' meant 'to join or link.'

'inserere' transformed into the French word 'inserer,' and eventually became the modern English word 'insert' through Middle English.

Initially, it meant 'to join or link into,' but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'to put something inside something else.'