Etymograph

English

introitus

Introitus comes from Latin introitus ‘a going in or into, entering’, and goes back to eō ‘to go’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEeō‘to go’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintroeō‘to go within, enter’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintroitus‘a going in or into, entering’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1954same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEeō‘to go’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintroeō‘to go within, enter’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintroitus‘a going in or into, entering’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1954same form

Earliest quotation: 1954, Gustave Reese, Music in the Renaissance: “Five have an introitus (introduction) that stands outside the…”

Linked words

through Latin eō ‘to go’

issue, initial, transition, exit, ambition, ambitious, ambient, trance, eyre, obituary, transient, sedition, ambiance, transitive, transitory, praetorian, praetor, seditious, ambit, obit, 23 more

Today it means

noun The entrance to a hollow organ or canal; often specifically the entrance to the vagina.

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

Etymograph / Latin eō / introitus

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