The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπροπύλαιον
- Latin · derived frompropylaeum
- English todaypropylaeum
From Latin propylaeum, from Ancient Greek προπύλαιον (propúlaion), from προ- (pro-, “before”, “in front of”) + πύλη (púlē, “gate”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.