Where does “intrant” come from?
intrant (English) comes from Latin intrans, from Latin intrare, from Latin intro, from Latin intra, from Latin interus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.
intrant (English): That enters or penetrates; An entrant, especially...
Definitions
- That enters or penetrates; An entrant, especially...
Ancestry of “intrant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | intrans | entering, going into, penetrating |
| 2 | Latin | intrare | present active infinitive of intrō; second-person... |
| 3 | Latin | intro | I enter, go into, penetrate; within |
| 4 | Latin | intra | within; inside; during; less than |
| 5 | Latin | interus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |