Etymology

porch

P3O1R1C3H4

Today it means: A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings. Full definition →

Middle English porche ← Latin porticus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromporticus“portico”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromporche
  3. English todayporch

From Middle English porche, from Old French, from Latin porticus (“portico”). Doublet of portego, portico, and porticus.

Words from the same roots

Latinporticus all →

porticoporticusquadriporticus

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.