Where does “entrer” come from?
entrer (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål entre, from French entrée, from Middle French entrer, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrō, from Latin intra, from Latin interus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.
entrer (Norwegian Bokmål): present of entre
Ancestry of “entrer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | entre | entry, entrance; to enter; to board |
| 2 | French | entrée | entry, act of entering; entrance, way in; starter |
| 3 | Middle French | entrer | to enter |
| 4 | Old French | entrer | to enter |
| 5 | Latin | intrō | — |
| 6 | Latin | intra | within; inside; during; less than |
| 7 | Latin | interus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |