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