Where does “emprenedor” come from?
emprenedor (Catalan) comes from Catalan emprendre, from Latin imprehendere, from Latin prehendō, from Proto-Italic *praiɣendō, from Proto-Italic prai-, from Proto-Indo-European preh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
emprenedor (Catalan): entrepreneurial; entrepreneur
Definitions
- entrepreneurial; entrepreneur
Ancestry of “emprenedor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | emprendre | to undertake |
| 2 | Latin | imprehendere | present active infinitive of *imprehendō |
| 3 | Latin | prehendō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *praiɣendō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | prai- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |