Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·French ·1850s
Entrepreneur
from entrepreneur
- Meaning
- One who undertakes — literally "between-taker," from *entre* + *prendre*.
- Source word
- entrepreneur
- Route into English
- Jean-Baptiste Say's 1803 economic writing defined the role; the word entered English economics by the 1850s and general usage in the 20th century.
- Arrived
- 1850s
From French
Beyond the Norman conquest's Old French foundation, English kept borrowing from French for art, cuisine, fashion, and diplomacy throughout the modern period.
English borrows.
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