Reconstruction:Latin/adventura

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Substantivization of the neuter plural of adventūrus, future active participle of advenīre (“arrive, come”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aββenˈtura/

Noun

*adventūra f (plural *adventūrās) (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

event, fate, adventure

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: avventura
  - → Maltese: avventura
- Sicilian: avvintura
Rhaeto-Romance:
- Romansch: vantüra
Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: aventure (see there for further descendants)
Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: aventura
- Occitan: aventura
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: aventura
- Portuguese: aventura
- Galician: aventura
- Spanish: aventura (see there for further descendants)

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*advĕntūra”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 194

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