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Where does “invite” come from?

Invite comes from Middle French inviter, from Latin invitāre, meaning to entice or encourage.

invite (English): To ask for the presence or participation of...

Definitions

  1. To ask for the presence or participation of...

Ancestry of “invite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchinviterto invite
2LatininvitoI invite; I challenge

Words derived from “invite”

  • inviting
  • uninviting
  • invitingly
  • invitee
  • inviter
  • inviteth
  • uninvitingly
  • uninvite
  • invitest
  • disinvite
  • invitement
  • reinvite
  • invitable
  • invitingness
  • uninvitable
  • uninvitingness
  • e-invite
  • uninvitee
Every word from Latin invito →