Old French entreprendre

← Old English underniman (cognate)

← German Unternehmen (cognate)

← Old French entre (affix)

← Old French prendre (affix)

← Proto-West Germanic *under (mention)

← Proto-West Germanic *neman (mention)

← Old High German untarneman (cognate)

← Dutch ondernemen (cognate)

→ English enterprise (mention)

→ French entreprendre (inherited)