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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; to go home, to come ...

Definitions

  1. to go back, to re-enter; to go home, to come ...

Ancestry of “rentrer”, step by step

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

Words derived from “rentrer”

  • rentrant
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