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Where does “entrer” come from?

entrer (French) comes 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.

entrer (French): to enter

Definitions

  1. to enter

Ancestry of “entrer”, step by step

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

Words derived from “entrer”

  • entrant
  • gastroenteritis
  • reentrant
  • enteritis
  • gastro
  • entrepot
  • entrepôt
  • macroreentrant
  • reentrancy
  • microreentrant
  • entrecôte
  • enterorrhagia
  • entermete
  • entr'acte
  • entertake
  • coloenteritis
  • enter-
  • entermise
  • антракт
  • entrant
  • entrejambe
  • entr'acte
  • entracte
  • entrechoquer
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