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ianua.

any double-doored entrance (e.g. a domestic door or a gate to a temple or city)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈjaː.nu.a]Classical-Latin[ˈjaː.nu.a]
  1. any double-doored entrance (e.g. a domestic door or a gate to a temple or city)

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  2. an entrance, entry, access

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Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-no- Latin ianua From Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (“to go, go in, travel”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic ꙗдо (jado, “to travel”) and Sanskrit यान (yāna, “path”).

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