Where does “enteren” come from?

enteren (Middle English) 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.

Ancestry of “enteren”, step by step

enteren traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French entrer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchentrerto enter
2Middle Frenchentrerto enter
3Old Frenchentrerto enter
4Latinintrōto enter, go into, come in, get in, penetrate
5Latinintrawithin; inside; during; less than
6Latininterus
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
8Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix

via Old French enterrer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchenterrerto bury
2Latininterrōbury, inter
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin

via Spanish entrar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishentrarto enter; to come in, to get in, to go in, to get...
2Old Spanishentrarto enter

Words derived from “enteren

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -terosEvery word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énterosEvery word from Latin interus
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