ontre

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested in Old Galician (Cantigas de Santa Maria) and rendered as unter in local Medieval Latin, derives probably[1] from Suevic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *under: compare Old High German unter (among, between).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈontɾe/ [ˈon̪.t̪ɾɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ontɾe
  • Syllabification: on‧tre

Preposition

ontre

  1. between, among

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “entre”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos