Where does “entreprenisto” come from?
entreprenisto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto entrepreni, from French entreprendre, from Old French entreprendre, from Old French prendre, from Latin prendere, from Latin prehendere, from Latin prae-, from Proto-Italic prai- — passed , crossed.
entreprenisto (Esperanto): entrepreneur
Ancestry of “entreprenisto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | entrepreni | to undertake |
| 2 | French | entreprendre | to undertake |
| 3 | Old French | entreprendre | to capture; to take; to abduct; to undertake; to... |
| 4 | Old French | prendre | to take |
| 5 | Latin | prendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | prehendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 7 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | prai- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |