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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

Definitions

  1. Not entranced

Ancestry of “unentranced”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishentrancedHeld at attention, as if by magic; simple past...
2EnglishentranceThe action of entering, or going in; The act of...
3Middle Frenchentranceentrance; permission to enter
4Middle Frenchentrerto enter
5Old Frenchentrerto enter
6Latinintrō—
7Latinintrawithin; inside; during; less than
8Latininterus—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
10Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix
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