Where does “Abenteuerspielplatz” come from?
Abenteuerspielplatz (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.
Abenteuerspielplatz (German): adventure playground
Definitions
- adventure playground
Ancestry of “Abenteuerspielplatz”, step by step
Abenteuerspielplatz 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 Spielplatz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Spielplatz | playground |
| 2 | German | platz | singular imperative of platzen |
| 3 | French | place | place, square, plaza, piazza; place, space, room;... |
| 4 | Old French | place | place; location |
| 5 | Latin | platēa | broad way, street |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πλατεῖα | feminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |