Where does “Abenteuerroman” come from?

Abenteuerroman (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.

Abenteuerroman (German): adventure novel

Definitions

  1. adventure novel

Ancestry of “Abenteuerroman”, step by step

Abenteuerroman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Abenteuer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAbenteueradventure
2Middle High Germanāventiureadventure, event
3Old Frenchaventureevent, happening, adventure
4Vulgar Latinadventura
5Late Latinadventurusadventure; about to arrive; an adventure
6Latinadventusarrival, approach, advent; Advent
7Latinadveniōto come to, to arrive
8Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
9Latinīn-un-, non-, not
10Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via German roman

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanromannovel
2FrenchromanRomance; romanesque; A novel
3Old FrenchromanzOld French; a story in Old French; account
4Latinrōmānicēin the Roman manner
5Latinly; used to form adverbs from adjectives
6Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
7Latincalceusshoe
8Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
9Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Latin ad-
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