Etymology

ingang

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Today it means: An entrance or entryway. Full definition →

Middle English ingang ← Old English ingang ← Proto-Germanic *inngangaz
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*inngangaz
  2. Old English · inherited fromingang
  3. Middle English · inherited fromingang“entrance”
  4. English todayingang

From Middle English ingang (“entrance”), from Old English ingang, from Proto-Germanic *inngangaz, equivalent to in- + gang. Cognate with Dutch ingang (“entryway”), Old High German ingang (“entrance”) (German Eingang), Swedish ingång (“entrance”), Danish indgang (“entrance, entryway”). More at in, gang.

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