Where does “entrance” come from?
Entrance comes from Middle French entraunce, from Old French entrance (en- plus traunce), ultimately from Latin intrāre meaning "to go in," derived from intrā "within" and the prefix in-.
entrance (English): The action of entering, or going in; The act of...
Definitions
- The action of entering, or going in; The act of...
Ancestry of “entrance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | entrance | entrance; permission to enter |
| 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 |