Showing initiative, resourcefulness, and willingness to undertake new and difficult projects or ventures.
From 'enterprise' (from Old French 'entreprendre,' to undertake) + '-ed' (adjective suffix). The adjective form emphasizes someone who possesses entrepreneurial qualities.
The root 'prise' in enterprise means 'to take/undertake'—the same root gives us 'prize,' 'surprise,' and 'comprise,' all words about grasping or seizing something, showing how one French root branched into English concepts of effort and achievement.
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