Where does “avontuur” come from?
avontuur (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch aventure, from Old French aventure, from Vulgar Latin adventura, from Late Latin adventurus, from Latin adventus, from Latin adveniō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
avontuur (Dutch): adventure remarkable, exciting or challenging experience
Definitions
- adventure remarkable, exciting or challenging experience
Ancestry of “avontuur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | aventure | event; dangerous situation, adventure;... |
| 2 | Old French | aventure | event, happening, adventure |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | adventura | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | adventurus | adventure; about to arrive; an adventure |
| 5 | Latin | adventus | arrival, approach, advent; Advent |
| 6 | Latin | adveniō | to come to, to arrive |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |