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  2. Feb 17, 2018 · entrepreneur (n.) 1828, "manager or promoter of a theatrical production," reborrowing of French entrepreneur "one who undertakes or manages," agent noun from Old French entreprendre "undertake" (see enterprise ). The word first crossed the Channel late 15c.

  3. The earliest known use of the noun enterprise is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for enterprise is from 1442, in a letter by T. Bekington. enterprise is a borrowing from French.

  4. The meaning of ENTERPRISE is a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky. How to use enterprise in a sentence.

  5. ENTERPRISE definition: 1. an organization, especially a business, or a difficult and important plan, especially one that…. Learn more.

  6. Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, ‘something undertaken’, feminine past participle (used as a noun) of entreprendre, based on Latin prendere, prehendere ‘to take’. See enterprise in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary See enterprise in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

  7. Origin of enterprise 1. First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Middle French, noun use of feminine of entrepris (past participle of entreprendreto undertake ”), from Latin inter- inter- + prehēnsus, prēnsus, past participle of prehendere, prēndere “to grasp, seize,” equivalent to pre- pre- + -hendere “to grasp”.

  8. May 21, 2024 · Etymology [ edit] 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 .

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