Where does “rentrer” come from?

rentrer (French) comes 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.

rentrer (French): }} to go back, to re-enter

Definitions

  1. }} to go back, to re-enter

Ancestry of “rentrer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchentrerto enter
2Latinintrōto enter, go into, come in, get in, penetrate
3Latinintrawithin; inside; during; less than
4Latininterus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
6Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix

Words derived from “rentrer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teros →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros →Every word from Latin interus →
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