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
Ancestry of “investigator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | investigator | investigator, researcher; second-person singular... |
| 2 | Latin | investigo | I track or trace out, search into, investigate |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “investigator”