Where does “venture” come from?
venture (English) comes from English adventure, from Middle English aventure, from Old French aventure, from Vulgar Latin adventura, from Late Latin adventurus, from Latin adventus, from Latin adveniō, from Latin ad- — in.
venture (English): A risky or daring undertaking or journey; An...
Definitions
- A risky or daring undertaking or journey; An...
Ancestry of “venture”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | event, happening, adventure |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | adventura | — |
| 5 | Late Latin | adventurus | adventure; about to arrive; an adventure |
| 6 | Latin | adventus | arrival, approach, advent; Advent |
| 7 | Latin | adveniō | to come to, to arrive |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |