Where does “inventor” come from?

inventor (Catalan) comes from Latin inventor, from Latin inveniō, from Latin veniō, from Proto-Italic gʷenjō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷm̥yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

inventor (Catalan): inventive; inventor

Definitions

  1. inventive; inventor

Ancestry of “inventor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininventorcontriver, author, discoverer, inventor
2Latininveniōto find
3Latinveniōto come (to a place), come in, arrive, reach
4Proto-Italicgʷenjōto come
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷm̥yétito come
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
8Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yétiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European gʷm̥yéti
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