32: misadventure Jan 9, 2015

Usually words that have prefixes such as "mis-", "dis-" "un-", are derivatives, and do not have their own origins. However, as is always the case in English, there is an exception. 'Misadventure' comes from Old French 'mesaventure', from 'mesavenir' meaning ‘turn out badly.’ 'Adventure', comes from the Latin 'adventurus' "about to happen," from advenire ‘arrive’ via Old French.