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Where does “entre” come from?

entre (Occitan) comes from Old Occitan entre, from Latin inter, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.

entre (Occitan): between

Definitions

  1. between

Ancestry of “entre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanentrebetween
2Latininterbetween, among; during, while
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside
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