Where does “venture” come from?
venture (Italian) comes from Italian ventura, from Latin ventura, from Latin venturus, from Latin veniō, from Proto-Italic gʷenjō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷm̥yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
venture (Italian): feminine plural of venturo; plural of ventura
Definitions
- feminine plural of venturo; plural of ventura
Ancestry of “venture”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | ventura | destiny, fate, chance; chance, coincidence,... |
| 2 | Latin | ventura | nominative feminine singular of ventūrus;... |
| 3 | Latin | venturus | about to come; about to approach |
| 4 | Latin | veniō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | gʷenjō | to come |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷm̥yéti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |