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Where does “invite” come from?

invite (French) comes from French inviter, from Latin invito — I invite; I challenge.

invite (French): inflection of inviter: ## first/third-person...

Definitions

  1. inflection of inviter: ## first/third-person...

Ancestry of “invite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchinviterto invite
2LatininvitoI invite; I challenge
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