Where does “overventuresome” come from?
overventuresome (English) comes from English venturesome, from English venture, from English adventure, from Middle English aventure, from Old French aventure, from Vulgar Latin adventura, from Late Latin adventurus, from Latin adventus — in.
overventuresome (English): Excessively venturesome
Definitions
- Excessively venturesome
Ancestry of “overventuresome”, step by step
overventuresome traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English venturesome
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | venturesome | Bold; willing to take risks; adventurous;... |
| 2 | English | venture | A risky or daring undertaking or journey; An... |
| 3 | English | adventure | The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in... |
| 4 | Middle English | aventure | fate, chance; event, experience; danger, risk |
| 5 | Old French | aventure | event, happening, adventure |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | adventura | — |
| 7 | Late Latin | adventurus | adventure; about to arrive; an adventure |
| 8 | Latin | adventus | arrival, approach, advent; Advent |
| 9 | Latin | adveniō | to come to, to arrive |
| 10 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 11 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 12 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 13 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English over
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | over | Discontinued; ended or concluded; Thoroughly;... |
| 2 | Middle English | over | riverbank, seashore, brink |
| 3 | Old English | ōfer | riverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | obar | over, above |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | uber | over; over, above |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |