Where does “invece” come from?
invece (Italian) comes from Italian in, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
invece (Italian): instead, but, whereas, on the contrary; rather...
Definitions
- instead, but, whereas, on the contrary; rather...
Ancestry of “invece”, step by step
invece traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian in
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | in | in; to; into |
| 2 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 3 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Italian vece
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | vece | change; vicissitude |
| 2 | Latin | vicis | change, alternation, turn; time, instance; season |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | weyḱ- | to enter in; to settle; settlement |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |