Where does “entryway” come from?
Entryway comes from English way and away, derived from Old English weġ, from Proto-Germanic wēgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- meaning to move or convey.
entryway (English): An opening or hallway allowing entry into a...
Definitions
- An opening or hallway allowing entry into a...
Ancestry of “entryway”, step by step
entryway 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 |