Porch
Middle English: from Old French porche, from Latin porticus ‘colonnade’, from porta ‘passage’.
wiktionary
From Middle English porche, from Old French, from Latin porticus(“portico”). Doublet of portico.
etymonline
porch (n.)
c. 1300, porche, "covered entrance; roofed structure, usually open on the front and sides, before an entrance to a building," from Old French porche "porch, vestibule," from Latin porticus "covered gallery, covered walk between columns, arcade, portico, porch," from porta "city gate, gate; door, entrance," from PIE root *per- (2) "to lead, pass over."
The Latin word was borrowed directly into Old English as portic. Especially (late 14c.) "a covered walk or colonnade on the front or side of a building." In U.S., used by 1832 for what the British call a veranda.
