英文词源
- venture (v.)
- early 15c., "to risk the loss" (of something), shortened form of aventure, itself a form of adventure. General sense of "to dare, to presume" is recorded from 1550s. Related: Ventured; venturing.
Nought venter nought have [Heywood, "Proverbs," 1546]
- venture (n.)
- c. 1400, "fortune, chance," shortening of aventure (n.), a variant of adventure (n.); also from Anglo-French venture. Sense of "risky undertaking" first recorded 1560s; meaning "enterprise of a business nature" is recorded from 1580s. Venture capital is attested from 1943.
中文词源
缩写自adventure,风险。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：venture 词源，venture 含义。
词根词缀： -vent-来 + -ure名词词尾 → 正要降临的
