English
intrant
Intrant comes from Latin intrans ‘entering, going into, penetrating’, from intrā ‘within’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁én1‘in’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁énteros1‘inside, within’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*interus1reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintrā1‘within’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintrō2as intrare, present participle‘to enter’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintrans2‘entering, going into, penetrating’
- Englishtodayintrant2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin intro
- 2 Wiktionary, English intrant
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁énWiktionary, Latin intro‘in’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁énterosWiktionary, Latin intro‘inside, within’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*interusWiktionary, Latin introreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintrāWiktionary, Latin intro‘within’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintrōWiktionary, English intrantas intrare, present participle‘to enter’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintransWiktionary, English intrant‘entering, going into, penetrating’
- EnglishtodayintrantWiktionary, English intrant
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
in, internal, encounter, indigenous, ensemble, impulse, intimate, intern, incense, incubation, endo, intestine, impel, incubus, incubate, agog, censer, interregnum, intimation, 30 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros ‘inside, within’
interior, introduce, intro, dysentery, enteral, 11 more
through Latin intrō ‘to enter’
Today it means
adj That enters or penetrates.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “intrant”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin intro. 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 / Proto-Indo-European *h₁én / intrant