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Where does “entrepreneurial” come from?

Entrepreneurial derives from entrepreneur, from French -eur and Latin -or suffixes applied to prehendere, meaning to seize or grasp.

entrepreneurial (English): Having the spirit, attitude or qualities of an...

Definitions

  1. Having the spirit, attitude or qualities of an...

Ancestry of “entrepreneurial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishentrepreneurA person who organizes and operates a business...
2Frenchentrepreneurentrepreneur
3Middle Frenchentreprendreto undertake

Words derived from “entrepreneurial”

  • entrepreneurialism
  • entrepreneurially
  • nonentrepreneurial
  • microentrepreneurial
  • technopreneurial
  • unentrepreneurial
Every word from Middle French entreprendre →