English
entreprenertia
Blend of entrepreneur + inertia.
A blend of entrepreneur + inertia
Middle French entreprendre ‘to undertake’
Middle French entrepreneur
French entrepreneur ‘one who undertakes or manages’
English entrepreneur
Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to join’
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Proto-Italic *artis
Latin ars ‘skill, art’
Latin iners ‘unskilled, inactive’
Latin inertia ‘lack of art or skill, inactivity, indolence’
English inertia
Today it means
noun The situation where a company has settled into established habits and bureaucracy to the extent that fresh ideas and risk-taking are no longer possible.
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Etymograph / entreprenertia