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Where does “investee” come from?

Investee comes from English invest, derived from Latin investigatus, combining Latin in- and investigare, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne-.

investee (English): The business entity in which an investment is...

Definitions

  1. The business entity in which an investment is...

Ancestry of “investee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinvestTo spend money, time, or energy on something,...
2EnglishinvestigateTo inquire into or study in order to ascertain...
3EnglishinvestigationThe act of investigating; the process of...
4Latininvestīgātiō—
5Latin-tiō—
6Latindissertātiō—
7Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
8Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
10Latincalceusshoe
11Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
12Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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