Etymology of the French word aventure
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 aventure in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in French
aventurer,
aventurisme,
aventureux,
aventurier,
sunstone,
aventuristeDerivations in other languages
English
adventure, Italian
avventura, Romanian
aventurăCognates
Dutch
avontuur, English
adventure, French
aventur, German
Abenteuer, Icelandic
ävintyri, Italian
avventura, Lithuanian
aventiura, Provençal
aventura, Spanish
aventura, Swedish
äventyrUsage
Word found in Old French
