Where does “invectively” come from?
invectively (English) comes from English invective, from Middle French invective, from Medieval Latin invectiva, from Latin invectīvus, from Latin invectus, from Latin invehō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
invectively (English): In an invective manner
Definitions
- In an invective manner
Ancestry of “invectively”, step by step
invectively traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English invective
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | invective | An expression which inveighs or rails against a... |
| 2 | Middle French | invective | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | invectiva | — |
| 4 | Latin | invectīvus | reviling |
| 5 | Latin | invectus | carried into |
| 6 | Latin | invehō | to carry, bear, convey into, introduce, bring in, bring upon |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |