Enterprise

来自Big Physics
Safin讨论 | 贡献2022年4月27日 (三) 02:12的版本 (建立内容为“Category:etymology == google == [https://www.google.com.hk/search?q=enterprise+etymology&newwindow=1&hl=en ref] late Middle English: from Old French, ‘some…”的新页面)
(差异) ←上一版本 | 最后版本 (差异) | 下一版本→ (差异)

google

ref

late Middle English: from Old French, ‘something undertaken’, feminine past participle (used as a noun) of entreprendre, based on Latin prendere, prehendere ‘to take’.


Ety img enterprise.png

wiktionary

ref

From Old French via Middle English and Middle French entreprise, feminine past participle of entreprendre(“to undertake”), from entre(“in between”) + prendre(“to take”), from Latin inter + prehendō, see prehensile.


etymonline

ref

enterprise (n.)

early 15c., "an undertaking," formerly also enterprize, from Old French enterprise "an undertaking," noun use of fem. past participle of entreprendre "undertake, take in hand" (12c.), from entre- "between" (see entre-) + prendre "to take," contraction of prehendere "to catch hold of, seize" (from prae- "before," see pre-, + -hendere, from PIE root *ghend- "to seize, take"). Abstract sense of "adventurous disposition, readiness to undertake challenges, spirit of daring" is from late 15c.