Etymology

entr'acte

Today it means: An interval between two acts of a play or opera. Full definition →

French entr'acte ← Latin actu ← Proto-Italic *agō
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The story

  1. Frenchentre
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  4. Proto-Italic*agō
  5. Latinagō
  6. Latinactu
  7. Frenchacte
  8. Frenchentr'acte
  9. English todayentr'acte

Borrowed from French entr'acte.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.