entreprendre

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French, from Old French entreprendre (“to begin something, undertake”). By surface analysis, entre +‎ prendre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ/ === Verb === entreprendre to undertake ==== Conjugation ==== This verb is conjugated on the model of prendre. That means it is quite irregular, with the following patterns: In the infinitive, in the singular forms of the present indicative, and in the future and the conditional, it is conjugated like rendre, perdre, etc. (sometimes called the regular -re verbs). In the plural forms of the present indicative and imperative, in the imperfect indicative, in the present subjunctive, and in the present participle, it is conjugated like appeler or jeter, using the stem entreprenn- before mute 'e' and the stem entrepren- elsewhere. In the past participle, and in the past historic and the imperfect subjunctive, its conjugation resembles that of mettre. ==== Descendants ==== → Polish: przedsiębrać, przedsięwziąć (calque) === Further reading === “entreprendre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Verb === entreprendre to undertake == Old French == === Etymology === From entre +‎ prendre, by calque of Frankish *underneman (“to undertake”), from *under (“between, among”) + *neman (“to take”). Compare Old High German untarneman (“undertake”) (German Unternehmen), Old English underniman (“undertake”), Dutch ondernemen (“undertake”). === Verb === entreprendre to capture; to take; to abduct to undertake (a responsibility, etc.) to protect to take (reciprocally) ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: entreprendre English: enterprise (borrowed from Middle French entreprise, from the verb entreprendre) French: entreprendre === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “entreprendre”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.