Where does “unentranced” come from?
unentranced (English) comes from English entranced, from English entrance, from Middle French entrance, from Middle French entrer, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrō, from Latin intra, from Latin interus — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.
unentranced (English): Not entranced
Ancestry of “unentranced”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | entranced | Held at attention, as if by magic; simple past... |
| 2 | English | entrance | The action of entering, or going in; The act of... |
| 3 | Middle French | entrance | entrance; permission to enter |
| 4 | Middle French | entrer | to enter |
| 5 | Old French | entrer | to enter |
| 6 | Latin | intrō | — |
| 7 | Latin | intra | within; inside; during; less than |
| 8 | Latin | interus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |