Where does “invent” come from?

Invent comes from Middle English inventen, from Old French inventer, from Latin inventus, past participle of invenio meaning "to find or discover," from in and a root meaning "to come."

invent (English): To design a new process or mechanism; To create...

Definitions

  1. To design a new process or mechanism; To create...

Ancestry of “invent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishinventen
2Old Frenchinventer
3Latininventusfound, having been found; discovered, having been...
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “invent

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