Where does “äventyrsroman” come from?

äventyrsroman (Swedish) comes from Swedish äventyr, from Old Norse æfintýr, from Middle Low German êventü̂re, from Old French aventure, from Vulgar Latin adventura, from Late Latin adventurus, from Latin adventus, from Latin adveniō — in.

äventyrsroman (Swedish): an adventure novel

Definitions

  1. an adventure novel

Ancestry of “äventyrsroman”, step by step

äventyrsroman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish äventyr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishäventyran adventure
2Old Norseæfintýr
3Middle Low Germanêventü̂rea noteworthy event
4Old Frenchaventureevent, happening, adventure
5Vulgar Latinadventura
6Late Latinadventurusadventure; about to arrive; an adventure
7Latinadventusarrival, approach, advent; Advent
8Latinadveniōto come to, to arrive
9Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
10Latinīn-un-, non-, not
11Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Swedish roman

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishromanA novel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Latin ad-