entrepreni
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From French entreprendre, from entre (“among, between”) + prendre (“to take, to make”), a calque of Frankish *underneman (“to undertake”). Compare Italian intraprendere, German unternehmen, Yiddish אונטערוואַרפֿן זיך (untervarfn zikh).
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entrepreni (present entreprenas, past entreprenis, future entreprenos, conditional entreprenus, volitive entreprenu)
- to undertake (take it upon oneself to do)
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- entrepreno (“undertaking, endeavor”)
- entreprenisto (“entrepreneur”)