Where does “inveterate” come from?
Inveterate comes from Latin inveteratus, the past participle of inveterare, meaning to make old or establish through age, formed from the prefix in- plus a root derived from Proto-Indo-European wet- meaning year.
inveterate (English): firmly established from having been around for a...
Definitions
- firmly established from having been around for a...
Ancestry of “inveterate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | inveteratus | rendered old, given age or duration, aged, having... |
| 2 | Latin | invetero | I age |
| 3 | Latin | veterō | to age, make old |
| 4 | Latin | vetus | old, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;... |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |