Where does “adventurism” come from?
Adventurism derives from English adventure combined with the Ancient Greek suffix -ισμός, which derives from -μός, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -mós, while adventure itself comes from Latin advenire, formed from the prefix ad- meaning toward.
adventurism (English): The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking; The...
Definitions
- The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking; The...
Ancestry of “adventurism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | adventure | The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in... |
| 2 | Middle English | aventure | fate, chance; event, experience; danger, risk |
| 3 | Old French | aventure | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | adventura | — |
| 5 | Late Latin | adventurus | adventure; about to arrive; an adventure |
| 6 | Latin | adventus | arrival, approach, advent; Advent |
| 7 | Latin | adveniō | — |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 10 | Latin | în | — |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |