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Where does “inveigh” come from?

Inveigh comes from Latin inveho, composed of the prefix in- and veho (to carry), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁én (to be or exist).

inveigh (English): To complain loudly, to give voice to one's...

Definitions

  1. To complain loudly, to give voice to one's...

Ancestry of “inveigh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininvehō—
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “inveigh”

  • inveigher
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