Etymology of the English word aventurine
the English word
aventurinederived from the French word
aventurinederived from the Italian word
avventurinaderived from the Italian word
avventuraderived from the Old French word
aventurederived from the Latin word
adventuraderived from the Latin word
advenire (come to, arrive; arrive at)
derived from the Latin word
venire (to come; go for sale, be sold , be disposed of for)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷā-using the Latin prefix
ad- (to, in addition)
derived from the Latin word
ad (to; near; to; to; to; near)
Date
The earliest known usage of aventurine in English dates from the 19th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
