English

entryphone

From entry + phone.

A compound of entry + phone

Latin intrā ‘within’

Latin intrō ‘to enter’

Old French entrer ‘to enter’

Old French entree

Middle English entre

English entry

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine’

Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́

Ancient Greek φωνή ‘sound’

French téléphone

English telephone

English phone

Today it means

noun An intercom telephone for conversing across a gated entrance.

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

Etymograph / entryphone