Where does “Abenteuerlust” come from?
Abenteuerlust (German) comes from German Abenteuer, 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- — in.
Abenteuerlust (German): adventuresomeness, love for adventure, spirit of adventure
Definitions
- adventuresomeness, love for adventure, spirit of adventure
Ancestry of “Abenteuerlust”, step by step
Abenteuerlust traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Abenteuer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Abenteuer | adventure |
| 2 | Middle High German | āventiure | adventure, event |
| 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 |
via German lust
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | lust | with desire; the wish to do or have something |
| 2 | Middle High German | lust | — |
| 3 | Old High German | lust | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | lustu | desire, want, lust |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lustuz | lust, desire, want |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | lausaz | loose, free; empty, devoid; false, untrue |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lewH- | louse |