advent
arrival or beginning
Roots
- ad- / a-: to, toward, added onto, or intensified
- ven / vent: come or arrive
Other words with the ven / vent root
- circumvent: to get around or bypass
- contravene: to violate or go against a rule or principle
- convene: to come together for a meeting
- convention: a meeting or accepted custom
- conventional: following accepted custom or usual practice
- event: something that happens
- intervene: to come between
Advent is arrival: something comes toward us or begins.
The advent of cheap printing changed who could learn from books.