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Where does “Abenteurerin” come from?

Abenteurerin (German) comes from German Abenteurer, 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 — in.

Abenteurerin (German): An adventuress, female adventurer

Definitions

  1. An adventuress, female adventurer

Ancestry of “Abenteurerin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAbenteureradventurer
2GermanAbenteueradventure
3Middle High Germanāventiure—
4Old Frenchaventure—
5Vulgar Latinadventura—
6Late Latinadventurusadventure; about to arrive; an adventure
7Latinadventusarrival, approach, advent; Advent
8Latinadveniō—
9Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
10Latinīn-—
11Latinîn—
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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