Pronounced: si-ZYOOR-uh, noun
Notes: I haven’t run across this word, and I’m a bit surprised
Yesterday’s word
The word intrapreneur means “an employee who works as an entrepreneur within an established company, having the freedom to take risks and act independently”
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1970s
Background / Comments
Our word is a combination of intra- (within) and entrepreneur, which comes from the French word entreprendre (to undertake), which comes from the Latin word inter- (between) and prendere (to take). The best example I can think of is a man named Art Fry, who worked for 3M – another worker had developed a weak kind of adhesive. Art Fry, looking for a use for this adhesive, created Post-It notes.
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