Where does “vestigate” come from?
vestigate (English) comes from Latin vestigatus, from Latin vestigo, from Latin ve-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.
vestigate (English): To investigate
Definitions
- To investigate
Ancestry of “vestigate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | vestigatus | |
| 2 | Latin | vestigo | I follow a track, search; I investigate |
| 3 | Latin | ve- | too much, too little |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |