Etymograph

English

entry

Entry comes from Middle English entre, from Old French entree, feminine past participle of entrer ‘to enter’, from Latin intrō ‘to enter’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintrā1‘within’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintrō1‘to enter’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400entrer1‘to enter’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400entree1
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500entre1
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1956entry1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English entry
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1956, Baily's Hunting Directory: “Here was an excellent entry of hounds which would…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintrāWiktionary, English entry‘within’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintrōWiktionary, English entry‘to enter’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400entrerWiktionary, English entry‘to enter’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400entreeWiktionary, English entry
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500entreWiktionary, English entry
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1956entryWiktionary, English entry. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1956, Baily's Hunting Directory: “Here was an excellent entry of hounds which would…”

Word family

English words that share an ancestor with entry, grouped by the ancestor they share, most familiar first.

through Latin intrō

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Today it means

noun The act of entering.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “entry”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Latin intrā / entry