ingang meaning (archaic): definition, etymology

ingang

noun

UK /ˈɪn(ˌ)ɡæŋ/ · SC /ˈɪnɡaŋ/

Etymology From Middle English ingang (“entrance”), from Old English ingang, from Proto-Germanic *inngangaz, equivalent to in- + gang. Cognate with Dutch ingang (“entryway”), Old High German ingang (“entrance”) (German Eingang), Swedish ingång (“entrance”), Danish indgang (“entrance, entryway”). More at in, gang.

Archaic, Rare An entrance or entryway.

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Related terms: outgang