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Where does “entour” come from?

entour (French) comes from Middle French entour, from Old French entor, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

entour (French): surroundings; circumlocution; entourage

Definitions

  1. surroundings; circumlocution; entourage

Ancestry of “entour”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchentouraround; surrounding
2Old Frenchentoraround; surrounding
3Old Frenchen-en-
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “entour”

  • entourage
  • entourage
  • антураж
  • entourage
  • entourer
  • Entourage
  • entourage
  • entourage
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →