Where does “entryroom” come from?
entryroom (English) comes from English Entry, from Middle English entre, from Old French entree, from Latin intrō, from Latin intra, from Latin interus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.
entryroom (English): A room at the entrance of a structure
Definitions
- A room at the entrance of a structure
Ancestry of “entryroom”, step by step
entryroom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Entry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Entry | The act of entering |
| 2 | Middle English | entre | Entrance, entry; movement into |
| 3 | Old French | entree | — |
| 4 | Latin | intrō | to enter, go into, come in, get in, penetrate |
| 5 | Latin | intra | within; inside; during; less than |
| 6 | Latin | interus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |
via English room
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | room | Opportunity or scope; Space "for" something, or... |
| 2 | Middle English | roum | A space or area; A room |
| 3 | Old English | rūm | room, space; roomy, spacious, ample, extensive,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | rūm | roomy, spacious; room, open space |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | rūmaz | roomy, spacious, open |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | rewh₁- | free space |