Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “entrepreneur” come from?

Entrepreneur comes from French entrepreneur, derived from French -eur agent suffix and Latin prehendō meaning to seize or grasp.

entrepreneur (English): A person who organizes and operates a business...

Definitions

  1. A person who organizes and operates a business...

Ancestry of “entrepreneur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchentrepreneurentrepreneur
2Middle Frenchentreprendreto undertake

Words derived from “entrepreneur”

  • entrepreneurial
  • entrepreneurship
  • entrepreneurialism
  • entrepreneurially
  • entrepreneurism
  • nonentrepreneurial
  • microentrepreneur
  • microentrepreneurial
  • microentrepreneurship
  • technopreneurial
  • unentrepreneurial
  • bioentrepreneur
  • technoentrepreneurship
Every word from Middle French entreprendre →