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Re:The war to sell you a mattress by zdkl on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @07:52AM (#15490180)
While I'm sure you're right about the root of the word, this notion of entrepreneur itself comes from the french verb "entreprendre", which means something similar to undertake or enter a task/business.
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Re:The war to sell you a mattress by BenoitEssiambre on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @12:24PM (#15492241)
Ah so 'entrepreneur' literally translates to 'undertaker'.
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Re:The war to sell you a mattress by aalexgabi on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @12:40PM (#15500603)
Entre means between. Preneur means taker.
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Re:The war to sell you a mattress by Armisael16 on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @07:34PM (#15504225)
That's true, but also irrelevant. That isn't the etymology of the word - it's a loanword from french, coined by French economist Jean-Baptiste Say.
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