Where does “inventory” come from?
Inventory comes from Middle English inventorie, from Old French inventoire, from Late Latin inventarium, a derivative of the suffix -arium denoting a place or collection, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- meaning to go or come.
inventory (English): The stock of an item on hand at a particular...
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- The stock of an item on hand at a particular...
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