Etymograph

English

entry

Entry comes from Middle English entre, from Old French entree, feminine past participle of entrer ‘to enter’, from Latin intrō ‘to enter’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintrā‘within’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintrō‘to enter’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400entrer‘to enter’
  4. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400entree
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500entre
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1956entry

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintrā‘within’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintrō‘to enter’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400entrer‘to enter’
  4. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400entree
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500entre
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1956entry

Earliest quotation: 1956, Baily's Hunting Directory: “Here was an excellent entry of hounds which would…”

Linked words

through Latin intrō

enter, entrance, introversion, 4 more

Today it means

noun The act of entering.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin intrā / entry

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