porch

porch
\ \ [13] Porch and portico [17] are ultimately the same word. Both go back to Italian portico, a descendant of Latin porticuscovered gallery or entry’, but whereas portico was borrowed directly, porch came via Old French porche. Porticus was derived from Latin portagate’, source of the port of English porthole.
\ \ Cf.PORT, PORTICO

Word origins - 2ed. . 2005.

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  • porch — [pôrch] n. [ME porche < OFr < L porticus < porta, gate, entrance, passage: see PORT5] 1. a covered entrance to a building, usually projecting from the wall and having a separate roof 2. an open or enclosed gallery or room on the outside… …   English World dictionary

  • porch — [po:tʃ US po:rtʃ] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: porche, from Latin porticus, from porta gate ] 1.) BrE an entrance covered by a roof outside the front door of a house or church 2.) AmE a structure built onto the front or back entrance …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • porch — noun count * 1. ) AMERICAN an open area with a floor and a roof, attached to the lower level of a house 2. ) BRITISH a small area covered by a roof at the entrance to a house or other building …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • porch — → porche …   Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

  • porch — late 13c., from O.Fr. porche, from L. porticus covered gallery, arcade, from porta gate. The L. word was borrowed directly into O.E. as portic …   Etymology dictionary

  • porch — [n] patio balcony, deck, portico, steps, stoop, veranda; concepts 509,513 …   New thesaurus

  • porch — ► NOUN 1) a covered shelter projecting over the entrance of a building. 2) N. Amer. a veranda. ORIGIN Old French porche, from Latin porticus colonnade …   English terms dictionary

  • porch — porchless, adj. porchlike, adj. /pawrch, pohrch/, n. 1. an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway. 2. a veranda. 3. the Porch, the portico or stoa in the agora of ancient Athens, where the Stoic… …   Universalium

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