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Where does “awanturnik” come from?

awanturnik (Polish) comes from Polish awantura, from French aventure, from Vulgar Latin adventura, from Late Latin adventurus, from Latin adventus, from Latin adveniō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.

awanturnik (Polish): someone prone to incite conflict; drama queen

Definitions

  1. someone prone to incite conflict; drama queen

Ancestry of “awanturnik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishawanturarow, quarrel, brawl, fracas; risky venture;...
2Frenchaventureadventure; venture; affair
3Vulgar Latinadventura—
4Late Latinadventurusadventure; about to arrive; an adventure
5Latinadventusarrival, approach, advent; Advent
6Latinadveniō—
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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