ianua

Meaning

1. (declension-1) any double-doored entrance (e.g. a domestic door or a gate to a temple or city)
2. (declension-1) an entrance, entry, access

Concepts

door

🚪

gate

portal

gateway

grid

railing

yett

doorway

front door

Opposite of

abitus

Synonyms

ostium

🚪

porta

aditus

pylae

valvae

Translations

porta

🚪

porte

🚪

πόρτα

puerta

🚪

kapı

🚪

deur

🚪

Tür

🚪

θύρα

derî

🚪

porta

porta

dergeh

huis

🚪

sportello

🚪

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈjaː.nu.a]

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (“to go, go in, travel”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic ꙗдо (jado, “to travel”) and Sanskrit यान (yāna, “path”).