Where does “entourage” come from?
entourage (Portuguese) comes from French entourage, from French entourer, from French entour, from Middle French entour, from Old French entor, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
entourage (Portuguese): entourage; clique
Ancestry of “entourage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | entourage | ornament, decoration surrounding something; group... |
| 2 | French | entourer | to surround |
| 3 | French | entour | surroundings; circumlocution; entourage |
| 4 | Middle French | entour | around; surrounding |
| 5 | Old French | entor | around; surrounding |
| 6 | Old French | en- | en- |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | în | — |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |