Where does “entreprenertia” come from?
entreprenertia (English) comes from English inertia, from Latin inertia, from Latin iners, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
entreprenertia (English): The situation where a company has settled into established habits and bureaucracy to the extent that fresh ideas and risk-taking are no longer possible
Definitions
- The situation where a company has settled into established habits and bureaucracy to the extent that fresh ideas and risk-taking are no longer possible
Ancestry of “entreprenertia”, step by step
entreprenertia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English inertia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inertia | The property of a body that resists any change to... |
| 2 | Latin | inertia | want of art or skill, unskillfulness, ignorance;... |
| 3 | Latin | iners | without skill, unskilled, unskillful,... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English entrepreneur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | entrepreneur | A person who organizes and operates a business... |
| 2 | French | entrepreneur | entrepreneur person who organizes and operates a business venture |
| 3 | Middle French | entreprendre | to undertake |