Where does “entourage” come from?
entourage (French) comes from French entourer, from French entour, from Middle French entour, from Old French entor, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
entourage (French): ornament, decoration surrounding something; group...
Definitions
- ornament, decoration surrounding something; group...
Ancestry of “entourage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | entourer | to surround |
| 2 | French | entour | surroundings; circumlocution; entourage |
| 3 | Middle French | entour | around; surrounding |
| 4 | Old French | entor | around; surrounding |
| 5 | Old French | en- | en- in; into |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |