Where does “enter” come from?
Enter comes from Middle English entren, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrare, meaning to go inward, derived from the preposition intra meaning within.
enter (English): To go or come into an enclosed or partially...
Definitions
- To go or come into an enclosed or partially...
Ancestry of “enter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | entren | — |
| 2 | Old French | entrer | to enter |
| 3 | Latin | intrō | — |
| 4 | Latin | intra | within; inside; during; less than |
| 5 | Latin | interus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |
Words derived from “enter”