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Where does “aventure” come from?

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

Ancestry of “aventure”, step by step

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

Words derived from “aventure”

  • adventure
  • adventurer
  • misadventure
  • adventuress
  • adventuresome
  • adventurism
  • aventure
  • adventurist
  • adventuristic
  • adventuresomeness
  • coadventurer
  • paraventure
  • misadventurous
  • adventureless
  • adventureth
  • misadventurer
  • adventurest
  • adventureful
  • ecoadventure
  • adventuresomely
  • nonadventure
  • adventurement
  • coadventure
  • adventurish
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