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Where does “entourer” come from?

entourer (French) comes from French entour, 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 — in.

entourer (French): to surround

Definitions

  1. to surround

Ancestry of “entourer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchentoursurroundings; circumlocution; entourage
2Middle Frenchentouraround; surrounding
3Old Frenchentoraround; surrounding
4Old Frenchen-en-
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “entourer”

  • entourage
  • entourage
  • антураж
  • entourage
  • Entourage
  • entourage
  • entourage
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