Where does “entrancing” come from?
Entrancing derives from English entrance, from Middle French -ance, from Old French en- and Latin in-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne meaning "not."
entrancing (English): present participle of entrance; hypnotic;...
Definitions
- present participle of entrance; hypnotic;...
Ancestry of “entrancing”, step by step
| 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 |