advent
Meaning
the arrival of an important person, thing, or event
(advent) the period of four sundays before christmas in the christian church
Structure
Usage
the advent of the internet has transformed global communication.
the town was decorated beautifully in preparation for advent.
with the advent of spring, the landscape burst into color.
Etymology
the word 'advent' is a direct borrowing from latin 'adventus', meaning 'arrival' or 'approach', which is a noun derived from the verb 'advenire', 'to come to'. 'advenire' itself is a compound of the prefix 'ad-' ('to') and the root 'venire' ('to come'), a verb with a deep proto-indo-european ancestry from the root gʷem- ('to come'). the term was adopted into ecclesiastical latin to refer specifically to the 'coming' of christ, which in old english was rendered as 'cyme' ('coming'). the modern english word 'advent' was re-borrowed in its latin form in the middle ages to denote the liturgical season, with its more general secular meaning of 'arrival' developing later.
Analysis
ad- (latin prefix, meaning 'to, toward'), vent- (latin root, from 'venire', meaning 'to come')