portico
Meanings
noun
- A porch, or a small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building.
name
- The Stoic philosophy (after the public porch on the agora of Athens where Zeno taught).
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Etymology
From Italian portico, from Latin porticus (“porch”), from porta (“gate”). Doublet of porch, portego, and porticus.
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