Where does “imbestigar” come from?

imbestigar (Cebuano) comes from Spanish investigar, from Latin investigo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

imbestigar (Cebuano): to investigate

Definitions

  1. to investigate

Ancestry of “imbestigar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishinvestigarto investigate, to research
2LatininvestigoI track or trace out, search into, investigate
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →