peraventure

Middle English

Alternative forms

• per aventure, perauenture, per-auenture, perantur, peraunter, par aventure, parauentour, parauntur, peraventour, paraunter, peraventre, perauntre, perauntire, parauntre, perauntur, peraunture, parawnter, parantere, paraventur, peradventure, puraventure, paraventor

Etymology

From Old French par aventure.

Adverb

peraventure

1. Perchance or maybe; perhaps; supposing.

Descendants

• English: peradventure

References

• “paraventūr(e, adv..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.