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
- adventure novel
Ancestry of “Abenteuerroman”, step by step
Abenteuerroman 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 roman
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | roman | novel |
| 2 | French | roman | Romance; romanesque; A novel |
| 3 | Old French | romanz | Old French; a story in Old French; account |
| 4 | Latin | rōmānicē | in the Roman manner |
| 5 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |