Where did the word entrepreneur come from?

Author, An Empire of Wealth: The Epic History of American Economic Power The word “entrepreneur”—one who undertakes, manages, and assumes the risk of a new enterprise—comes from the French, where it literally means “undertaker.”

When did entrepreneurship start?

The word was borrowed into English in the mid-19th century— perhaps the golden age of the entrepreneur—when the number of new economic niches was exploding and the hand of government was at its lightest in history. The activity of entrepreneurship, of course, is much older, going back to ancient times.

How old is entrepreneurship?

The activity of entrepreneurship is much older, going back to ancient times. As for America, our nation was founded, quite literally, by entrepreneurs.