BharatNotes Entrepreneur
nounUsage in a UPSC answer
A vibrant start-up ecosystem depends not merely on capital but on a policy environment that rewards the entrepreneur for risk-taking — through ease of doing business, accessible credit and a forgiving insolvency regime that treats honest failure as a stepping stone rather than a stigma.
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Word Family
entrepreneurial (adj), entrepreneurship (n), entrepreneurialism (n), entrepreneurially (adv)
Root
French entreprendre = to undertake; entre- = between; Latin prehendere = to seize, to take
Etymology
French entrepreneur ("one who undertakes"), from entreprendre ("to undertake"), ultimately from Latin prehendere ("to seize, to take").
Memory Hook
Break it as "entre-" (between) + "prendre" (to take) — an entrepreneur is the one who steps in BETWEEN an idea and the market and TAKES the risk to bridge them.
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