English
adventurous
Adventurous comes from Old French aventuros.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400aventuros
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500aventurous‘Searching for exploits or risk’
- Englishearliest quotation 2013adventurous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400aventuros
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500aventurous‘Searching for exploits or risk’
- Englishearliest quotation 2013adventurous
Earliest quotation: 2013, Nick Miroff, Mexico gets a taste for eating insects as chefs put bugs bac: “The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous…”
Equivalent to adventure + -ous
Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘to step, come’
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Latin adventūrus ‘about to arrive’
Vulgar Latin *adventūra ‘what is about to happen’
Old French aventure ‘chance, adventure’
Middle English aventure ‘adventure; chance’
English adventure
Every English word from Old French aventuros
Today it means
adj Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French aventuros / adventurous