Where does “Abenteuer” come from?
Abenteuer (German) comes from Middle High German āventiure, from Old French aventure, from Vulgar Latin adventura, from Late Latin adventurus, from Latin adventus, from Latin adveniō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
Abenteuer (German): adventure
Definitions
- adventure
Ancestry of “Abenteuer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | āventiure | adventure, event |
| 2 | Old French | aventure | event, happening, adventure |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | adventura | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | adventurus | adventure; about to arrive; an adventure |
| 5 | Latin | adventus | arrival, approach, advent; Advent |
| 6 | Latin | adveniō | to come to, to arrive |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |