Word of the Day
adventure
Adventure
Old French
Old French/a.vɑ̃ˈtyːr/Modern English/ədˈvɛn.tʃər/
“Before it meant daring deeds, adventure simply meant what was coming.”
Latin adventura was a gerundive, the future passive participle of advenire: a thing about to arrive. Advenire combined ad (to, toward) with venire (to come), and Romans used it neutrally, without any sense of risk or excitement. What adventura named was imminence: the unknown event already on its way.
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