Etymology Explorer › Middle Low German

Where does “êventü̂re” come from?

êventü̂re (Middle Low German) comes from Old French aventure, from Vulgar Latin adventura, from Late Latin adventurus, from Latin adventus, from Latin adveniō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

Ancestry of “êventü̂re”, step by step

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

Words derived from “êventü̂re”

  • aventure
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