Etymology

portico

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Today it means: A porch, or a small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building. Full definition →

Italian portico ← Latin porticus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromporticus“porch”
  2. Italian · borrowed fromportico
  3. English todayportico

From Italian portico, from Latin porticus (“porch”), from porta (“gate”). Doublet of porch, portego, and porticus.

Words from the same roots

Latinporticus all →

porchporticusquadriporticus

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