{"id":1497,"date":"2021-10-23T11:11:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T11:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1497"},"modified":"2021-10-29T19:56:12","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T19:56:12","slug":"adventures-arriving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1497","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology &#8211; Adventures Arriving"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Adventures Arriving\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-10-23T11:11:48+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In today\u2019s Adventure in Etymology we are looking at the origins of the word adventure.\n\n\n\nAn adventure [\u0259d\u02c8v\u025bnt\u0361\u0283\u0259\/\u0259d\u02c8v\u025bnt\u0361\u0283\u025a] is:\n\n \tan exciting or very unusual experience\n \tparticipation in exciting undertakings or enterprises\n \ta bold, uncertain a...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/adventure2.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8372\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1497-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/adventure2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/adventure2.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/adventure2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/adventure2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1497-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/adventure2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"adventure2.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In today\u2019s <strong>Adventure in Etymology<\/strong> we are looking at the origins of the word <strong>adventure<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/31991144743\/in\/album-72157680073093565\/\" title=\"Paragliding\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2248\/31991144743_24f603db81_z.jpg\" alt=\"Me doing a tandem paragliding in Queenstown, New Zealand - part of my Kiwi Experience adventures in 1996\" width=\"640\" height=\"457\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>An <strong>adventure<\/strong> [\u0259d\u02c8v\u025bnt\u0361\u0283\u0259\/\u0259d\u02c8v\u025bnt\u0361\u0283\u025a] is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>an exciting or very unusual experience<\/li>\n<li>participation in exciting undertakings or enterprises<\/li>\n<li>a bold, uncertain and usually risky undertaking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreedictionary.com\/adventure\">source<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>It comes from the Middle English <em>aventure \/ a(u)nter<\/em> (that which happens by chance, fortune, luck), from the Old French <em>aventure<\/em> (chance, accident, occurrence, event, happening), from the Late Latin <em>advent\u016brus<\/em> (about to arrive) from the Latin <em>advenire<\/em> (to arrive), from <em>ad-<\/em> (toward) and <em>ven\u012bre<\/em> (to come, approach)  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/verb#English\">source<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The word <strong>adventure<\/strong> has had various meanings over time, including: \u201crisk or danger\u201d, \u201cperilous undertaking\u201d, a \u201cwonder, a miracle; accounts of marvelous things\u201d, and a \u201cnovel or exciting incident, remarkable occurrence\u201d. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.etymonline.com\/word\/adventure\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>In the 15th or 16th century the <strong>d<\/strong> was added to the English word to make it more like the original Latin version. They tried this in French as well, but it didn\u2019t catch on.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/q_1lZF8c_WY\">video<\/a> I made of this information:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q_1lZF8c_WY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Video made with <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/37vAg5P\">Doodly<\/a> &#8211; an easy-to-use animated video creator [affiliate link].<\/p>\n<p>I also write about etymology, and other language-related topics, on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/\">Omniglot Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to this podcast on: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/id1432641094\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Education-Podcasts\/Radio-Omniglot-p1154145\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.podchaser.com\/podcasts\/radio-omniglot-716327\">Podchaser<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/player.fm\/series\/radio-omniglot\">PlayerFM<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/podtail.com\/da\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/\">podtail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to support this podcast, you can make a donation via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/uk\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_flow&amp;SESSION=aLjPfXL-vP_1gQ_U23Iz8_hSWLlhzLHPMFZrt32dIEfG8htoNFLYaPoWkv8&amp;dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8def8934b92a630e40b7fef61ab7e9fe63\">PayPal<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/omniglot\">Patreon<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/donations.htm\">contribute to Omniglot in other ways<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/create.blubrry.com\/resources\/podcast-media-hosting\/?code=omniglot\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/banner_blubrry.png\" alt=\"Blubrry podcast hosting\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Adventures Arriving\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-10-23T11:11:48+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In today\u2019s Adventure in Etymology we are looking at the origins of the word adventure.\n\n\n\nAn adventure [\u0259d\u02c8v\u025bnt\u0361\u0283\u0259\/\u0259d\u02c8v\u025bnt\u0361\u0283\u025a] is:\n\n \tan exciting or very unusual experience\n \tparticipation in exciting undertakings or enterprises\n \ta bold, uncertain a...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/adventure2.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8373\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1497-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/adventure2.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/adventure2.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/adventure2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/adventure2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1497-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/adventure2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"adventure2.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In today\u2019s Adventure in Etymology we are looking at the origins of the word adventure. An adventure [\u0259d\u02c8v\u025bnt\u0361\u0283\u0259\/\u0259d\u02c8v\u025bnt\u0361\u0283\u025a] is: an exciting or very unusual experience participation in exciting undertakings or enterprises a bold, uncertain and usually risky undertaking [source] It comes from the Middle English aventure \/ a(u)nter (that which happens by chance, fortune, luck), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,20,56,4,50,109,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-etymology","category-english","category-etymology","category-language","category-latin","category-old-french-franceis","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1497"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1521,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497\/revisions\/1521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}