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Where does “venturousness” come from?

venturousness (English) comes from English venturous, 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.

venturousness (English): The quality or state of being venturous; mettle;...

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being venturous; mettle;...

Ancestry of “venturousness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishventurousAdventurous; venturesome; willing to undertake...
2EnglishventureA risky or daring undertaking or journey; An...
3EnglishadventureThe encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in...
4Middle Englishaventurefate, chance; event, experience; danger, risk
5Old Frenchaventure—
6Vulgar Latinadventura—
7Late Latinadventurusadventure; about to arrive; an adventure
8Latinadventusarrival, approach, advent; Advent
9Latinadveniō—
10Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
11Latinīn-—
12Latinîn—
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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