Where does “invoice” come from?
Invoice comes from Middle French envois, the plural of Middle French envoi, derived from Middle French envoyer, meaning to send.
invoice (English): A bill; a commercial document issued by a seller...
Definitions
- A bill; a commercial document issued by a seller...
Ancestry of “invoice”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | envois | — |
| 2 | Middle French | envoi | — |
| 3 | Middle French | envoyer | to send |
| 4 | Late Latin | inviare | — |
| 5 | Latin | viā | road, street, path |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *wiā | road |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wih₁eh₂- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |
Words derived from “invoice”