Where does “entry” come from?

Entry comes from Old French entree, meaning entrance or the act of entering.

entry (English): The act of entering; Permission to enter; A...

Definitions

  1. The act of entering; Permission to enter; A...

Ancestry of “entry”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchentree—
2Latinintrōto enter, go into, come in, get in, penetrate
3Latinintrawithin; inside; during; less than
4Latininterus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
6Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teros →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros →Every word from Latin interus →
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