into
prep.moving toward the inside of something. You also use it to show when something changes into a new form or result.
prep.expressing movement or action with the result that someone or something becomes enclosed or surrounded by something else. Also used in mathematics to indicate division or to show a change in state.
“She walked into the room and sat down.”
“The baker divided the large piece of dough into twelve smaller rolls before putting them in the oven.”
“The research team translated the raw data into a comprehensive report that highlighted the significant shifts in consumer behavior over the last decade.”
Commonly follows verbs of motion or transformation; in mathematics, it indicates the divisor in a division problem.
Use 'into' for movement toward the inside; 'in' usually describes a static position already inside a space.
Usage incorporate into
From Middle English in-to, from Old English intō, equivalent to in + to. Cognate with Scots intae.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.