Where does “invasive” come from?
Invasive comes from Middle French invasif, from Medieval Latin invasivus, from Latin invadere meaning to enter or attack, combining the prefix in- with a root from Proto-Indo-European weh₂dʰ- meaning to go.
invasive (English): That invades a foreign country using military...
Definitions
- That invades a foreign country using military...
Ancestry of “invasive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | invasif | — |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | invasivus | — |
| 3 | Latin | invāsus | entered, invaded |
| 4 | Latin | invado | I enter; I invade |
| 5 | Latin | vādō | to go, walk, rush |
| 6 | Latin | vadere | second-person singular present passive... |
| 7 | Latin | vado | I go, walk, rush; I ford, wade through |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | wāðō | advance, proceed, go |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weh₂dʰ- | to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse |