Where does “pervestigate” come from?
pervestigate (English) comes from Latin pervestigatus, from Latin pervestigo, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
pervestigate (English): To investigate thoroughly
Definitions
- To investigate thoroughly
Ancestry of “pervestigate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | pervestigatus | investigated thoroughly |
| 2 | Latin | pervestigo | I examine or investigate thoroughly |
| 3 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | — |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |