Where does “entrée” come from?
Entrée comes from French entrée, meaning "entry" or "entrance," derived from the feminine past participle of Old French entrer, "to enter."
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Ancestry of “entrée”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | entrée | entry, act of entering; entrance, way in; starter |
| 2 | Middle French | entrer | to enter |
| 3 | Old French | entrer | to enter |
| 4 | Latin | intrō | to enter, go into, come in, get in, penetrate |
| 5 | Latin | intra | within; inside; during; less than |
| 6 | Latin | interus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |