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Where does “inventful” come from?

inventful (English) comes from English invent, from Middle English inventen, from Old French inventer, from Latin inventus, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

inventful (English): Full of invention; creative

Definitions

  1. Full of invention; creative

Ancestry of “inventful”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinventTo design a new process or mechanism; To create...
2Middle Englishinventen—
3Old Frenchinventer—
4Latininventusfound, having been found; discovered, having been...
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →