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- Latin · borrowed fromporticus
- English todayporticus
From Latin porticus. Doublet of porch, portego, and portico.
Words from the same roots
Latinporticus all →
porchporticoquadriporticus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
porticus
Today it means: A small room in a church, commonly forming extensions to the north and south sides of it, giving the building a cruciform plan, which may function as a chapel, rudimentary transept or burial place. Full definition →
Latin porticus