event

event · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
3. Proto-Italic*eks
4. Latinex
5. Latinex-
6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
7. Proto-Indo-European*gʷm̥yéti
8. Proto-Italic*gʷəniō
9. Latinveniō
10. Latinēveniō
11. Latinēventus
12. Middle Frenchevent
13. English todayevent

From Middle French event, from Latin ēventus (“an event, occurrence”), from ēveniō (“to happen, to fall out, to come out”), from ē (“out of, from”), short form of ex + veniō (“come”); related to venture, advent, convent, invent, convene, evene, etc.

event · verb²

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
3. Proto-Italic*eks
4. Latinex
5. Latinex-
6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂weh₁-
7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wḗh₁ti
8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wéh₁n̥ts
9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wéh₁n̥tos
10. Proto-Italic*wē̆ntos
11. Latinventus
12. Vulgar Latin*exventāre
13. Frenchéventer
14. English todayevent

Derived from French éventer.

Words from the same roots