English
advenient
Advenient comes from Latin adveniō ‘to come to, to arrive’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷem-‘to come, to step’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷm̥yéti‘to come’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷəniō‘to come’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEveniō‘come’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadveniōas advenīre, present participle‘to come to, to arrive’
- Englishearliest quotation 1646advenient
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷem-‘to come, to step’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷm̥yéti‘to come’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷəniō‘to come’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEveniō‘come’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadveniōas advenīre, present participle‘to come to, to arrive’
- Englishearliest quotation 1646advenient
Earliest quotation: 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: “Lastly, being thus divided from truth in themselves, they…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘to come, to step’
come, coming, base, basic, basis, bass, revenue, cum, venue, pug, contravention, quim, 55 more
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti ‘to come’
through Proto-Italic *gʷəniō ‘to come’
through Latin veniō ‘come’
event, convention, inventory, intervene, inventor, invent, provenance, souvenir, convene, revenant, circumvention, contravene, misadventure, 21 more
through Latin adveniō ‘to come to, to arrive’
Today it means
adj Caused by outside forces; coming from without; external, additional.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- / advenient