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Where does “entrar” come from?

entrar (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish entrar, from Latin intrō, from Latin intra, from Latin interus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

entrar (Spanish): to enter; to come in, to get in, to go in, to get...

Definitions

  1. to enter; to come in, to get in, to go in, to get...

Ancestry of “entrar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishentrar—
2Latinintrō—
3Latinintrawithin; inside; during; less than
4Latininterus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
6Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix

Words derived from “entrar”

  • entrada
  • entrada
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