Where does “investigator” come from?

Investigator comes from Latin investigator, formed from Latin investigāre with the agent suffix -tor, where in- is the Latin prefix meaning "in" or "into," derived from Proto-Indo-European ne meaning "not."

investigator (English): One who investigates

Definitions

  1. One who investigates

Ancestry of “investigator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininvestigatorinvestigator, researcher; second-person singular...
2LatininvestigoI track or trace out, search into, investigate
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “investigator”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →