aventiure

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old French aventure, from Latin adventūra, neuter plural future participle form of advenīre (“to happen”).

Noun

âventiure f

  1. adventure, event

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants
  • German: Abenteuer (with folk-etymological alteration after Abend (“evening”))

References
  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “aventiure”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
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