Etymology Explorer › Middle French

Where does “entrer” come from?

entrer (Middle 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.

entrer (Middle French): to enter

Definitions

  1. to enter

Ancestry of “entrer”, 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 “entrer”

  • entrance
  • entranced
  • entrant
  • entrancing
  • gastroenteritis
  • reentrant
  • enteritis
  • gastro
  • entranceway
  • entrepot
  • entrepôt
  • entrancement
  • entrancingly
  • macroreentrant
  • reentrance
  • reentrancy
  • microreentrant
  • entrecôte
  • entrancedly
  • entrancer
  • disentrance
  • unentranced
  • enterorrhagia
  • entermete
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teros →