Translation
event, occurrence
Word origin
From Latin eventus, an outcome, from evenire, to come out, built on e- ('out') and venire ('to come'). English event, eventual and advent share the same coming.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- evenire
- English cognates
- event, eventual, advent
Examples
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That event changed the history of the country.
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The congress was the biggest event of the year.
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We are waiting for tomorrow's events.
is the borrowed noun for a thing that happens; the home-grown alternative is o, built straight from with --, and both are correct. Older Esperanto leans on o, modern movement writing on , especially for a scheduled occasion such as a congress or a concert. There is no verb eventi: what an event does is .
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