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Where does “entrar” come from?

entrar (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese entrar, from Latin intrare, from Latin intro, from Latin intra, from Latin interus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

entrar (Galician): to enter; first/third-person singular future...

Definitions

  1. to enter; first/third-person singular future...

Ancestry of “entrar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseentrar—
2Latinintrarepresent active infinitive of intrō; second-person...
3LatinintroI enter, go into, penetrate; within
4Latinintrawithin; inside; during; less than
5Latininterus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
7Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix

Words derived from “entrar”

  • entre
  • entra
  • entro
  • entre lusco e fusco
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teros →