Where does “entr'acte” come from?
entr'acte (French) comes from French entracte, from French acte, from Latin āctus, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
entr'acte (French): Archaic spelling of entracte
Definitions
- Archaic spelling of entracte
Ancestry of “entr'acte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | entracte | interval; intermission; interval act; half-time... |
| 2 | French | acte | act |
| 3 | Latin | āctus | — |
| 4 | Latin | agō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
Words derived from “entr'acte”