Where does “entranceway” come from?
Entranceway comes from English way and English away, combining elements from Middle French -ance, Old French en-, Latin in-, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European ne.
entranceway (English): Something that provides access to an entrance; an...
Definitions
- Something that provides access to an entrance; an...
Ancestry of “entranceway”, step by step
entranceway 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 |