porche etymology

Middle English word porche comes from Old French porte (Door.), Old French porche (Porch (decorated or ornate entrance to a building).)

Detailed word origin of porche

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
porte Old French (fro) Door.
porche Old French (fro) Porch (decorated or ornate entrance to a building).
porta Latin (lat) (figuratively) way, means. Entrance, passage, door. Gate, especially of a city.
porticus Latin (lat) Colonnade, arcade. Portico.
porche Middle English (enm)

Words with the same origin as porche

Descendants of porte
port