Where does “entre” come from?
entre (Middle French) comes from Old French entre, from Latin inter, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.
entre (Middle French): between
Ancestry of “entre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | entre | among; amongst |
| 2 | Latin | inter | between, among; during, while |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁entér | between |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁en | in; in, inside |
Words derived from “entre”