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Where does “invest” come from?

Investigate comes from Latin investigatus, past participle of investigare, combining the prefix in- with a root traced through Proto-Indo-European ne and h₁én.

invest (English): To spend money, time, or energy on something,...

Definitions

  1. To spend money, time, or energy on something,...

Ancestry of “invest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinvestigateTo inquire into or study in order to ascertain...
2EnglishinvestigationThe act of investigating; the process of...
3Latininvestīgātiō—
4Latin-tiō—
5Latindissertātiō—
6Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
7Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
9Latincalceusshoe
10Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
11Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “invest”

  • investment
  • investor
  • reinvestment
  • reinvest
  • investee
  • investable
  • overinvestment
  • investible
  • disinvest
  • underinvest
  • noninvestment
  • overinvest
  • malinvestment
  • uninvestable
  • subinvestment
  • investeth
  • investive
  • coinvestor
  • noninvestor
  • misinvestment
  • counterinvestment
  • outinvest
  • misinvest
  • investorism
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