Where does “invade” come from?
Invade comes from Latin invadere, composed of the prefix in- and vadere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European weh₂dʰ- meaning to go or move.
invade (English): To move into; To enter by force in order to...
Definitions
- To move into; To enter by force in order to...
Ancestry of “invade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | invado | I enter; I invade |
| 2 | Latin | vādō | to go, walk, rush |
| 3 | Latin | vadere | second-person singular present passive... |
| 4 | Latin | vado | I go, walk, rush; I ford, wade through |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wāðō | advance, proceed, go |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weh₂dʰ- | to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse |
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