Where does “entranced” come from?
Entranced comes from English entrance, derived from Middle French -ance and Old French en-, ultimately from Latin in- and in, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European ne.
entranced (English): Held at attention, as if by magic; simple past...
Definitions
- Held at attention, as if by magic; simple past...
Ancestry of “entranced”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | entrance | The action of entering, or going in; The act of... |
| 2 | Middle French | entrance | entrance; permission to enter |
| 3 | Middle French | entrer | to enter |
| 4 | Old French | entrer | to enter |
| 5 | Latin | intrō | — |
| 6 | Latin | intra | within; inside; during; less than |
| 7 | Latin | interus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |
Words derived from “entranced”