Etymology

enter-

Today it means: Between, in the process of, intermediate; inter-. Full definition →

French entre ← Latin inter
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enter- · prefix1

  1. Latin · derived frominter
  2. French · derived fromentre
  3. English todayenter-

From French entre, from Latin inter. Doublet of inter-.

enter- · prefix2

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἔντερον“intestine”
  2. English todayenter-

New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine”).

Words from the same roots

Latininter all →

entertaininterlinguaintermedeintervolutionintervolve

Ancient Greekἔντερον all →

gastroenterologyenteralabentericarchenteronentero-enterocleisisenterolithenteronfistuloenterostomy

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