adventure

adventure · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
2. Proto-Italic*ad
3. Proto-Italic*ad-
4. Latinad-
5. Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷm̥yéti
7. Proto-Italic*gʷəniō
8. Latinveniō
9. Latinadveniō
10. Latinadventūrus
11. Vulgar Latin*adventūra
12. Old Frenchaventure
13. Middle Englishaventure
14. English todayadventure

From Middle English aventure, aunter, anter, from Old French aventure, from Vulgar Latin *adventūra, from Latin adventūrus (“about to arrive, (Vulgar Latin) about to happen”), future active participle of adveniō (“to arrive”), which in the Romance languages took the sense of "to happen, befall" (see also advene). By surface analysis, advent + -ure. Compare Scots adventur, Swedish äventyr, German Abenteuer.

adventure · verb²

1. Old French · derived fromaventurer
2. Middle English · inherited fromaventuren
3. English todayadventure

From Middle English aventuren, auntren, from Old French aventurer, from aventure.

First known use, by meaning

• from early 14th c. To risk oneself.
• from mid 14th c. To risk oneself; to dare to go somewhere or undertake something.
• from late 14th c. To try the chance; to take the risk.
• from early 19th c. To dare to say or utter.
• from late 14th c. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
• from late 14th c. To risk or hazard; jeopard.