'inserter' originates from the English word 'insert', which comes from the Latin word 'inserere', where 'in-' meant 'into' and 'serere' meant 'to join'.

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

Initially, it meant 'to join or put into something', and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.