Where does “entrancedly” come from?
entrancedly (English) comes from English entranced, from English entrance, from Middle French entrance, from Middle French entrer, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrō, from Latin intra, from Latin interus — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.
entrancedly (English): While entranced
Definitions
- While entranced
Ancestry of “entrancedly”, step by step
entrancedly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English entranced
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | entranced | Held at attention, as if by magic; simple past... |
| 2 | English | entrance | The action of entering, or going in; The act of... |
| 3 | Middle French | entrance | entrance; permission to enter |
| 4 | Middle French | entrer | to enter |
| 5 | Old French | entrer | to enter |
| 6 | Latin | intrō | to enter, go into, come in, get in, penetrate |
| 7 | Latin | intra | within; inside; during; less than |
| 8 | Latin | interus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |