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Where does “entrant” come from?

entrant (French) comes from French entrer, from Middle French entrer, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrō, from Latin intra, from Latin interus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

entrant (French): present participle of entrer

Definitions

  1. present participle of entrer

Ancestry of “entrant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchentrerto enter
2Middle Frenchentrerto enter
3Old Frenchentrerto enter
4Latinintrō—
5Latinintrawithin; inside; during; less than
6Latininterus—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
8Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix

Words derived from “entrant”

  • entrant
  • reentrant
  • macroreentrant
  • reentrancy
  • microreentrant
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