Where does “entranceless” come from?
entranceless (English) comes from English entrance, from Middle French entrance, from Middle French entrer, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrō, from Latin intra, from Latin interus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.
entranceless (English): Having no entrance
Definitions
- Having no entrance
Ancestry of “entranceless”, step by step
entranceless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English entrance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | to enter, go into, come in, get in, penetrate |
| 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 |