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inset (n.)
[inset 词源字典]
1550s, "influx of water, place where water flows in," from
in
+
set
(n.2). Meaning "extra pages of a book, etc." is from 1875; that of "small map in the border of a larger one" is from 1881.
[inset etymology, inset origin, 英语词源]