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Where does “invectiveness” come from?

invectiveness (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.

invectiveness (English): The quality of being invective

Definitions

  1. The quality of being invective

Ancestry of “invectiveness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinvectiveAn expression which inveighs or rails against a...
2Middle Frenchinvective—
3Medieval Latininvectiva—
4Latininvectīvus—
5Latininvectuscarried into
6Latininvehō—
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →