eventful

/ɪˈventfəl/ih-VENT-fuhl

/ɪˈvɛntfəl/ih-VENT-fuhl

Meaningfull of outcomes

Common meaning: full of interesting happenings

eout
ventto comeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1969 · scan
fulfilled with

‘out’ + ‘to come’ → eventful

Journey through time

Latinveniō, vēnī, ventum‘to come’
Englisheventful‘full of interesting happenings’ · today

e- also in: emit eject erase erect erode

vent also in: event advent convene prevent intervene

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin veniō ‘to come’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry veniō, p. 1969 · dictionary scan

Roots

veniō, vēnī, ventum Latin “to come”

Related words

advent convene event intervene prevent preventable provenance supervene

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