Where does “inventare” come from?
inventare (Italian) comes from Latin inventum, from Latin invenio, from Latin venio, from Proto-Italic gʷenjō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷm̥yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
inventare (Italian): to invent; to fabricate, make up
Definitions
- to invent; to fabricate, make up
Ancestry of “inventare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | inventum | invention; nominative neuter singular of... |
| 2 | Latin | invenio | I find; I discover, find out; I come upon |
| 3 | Latin | venio | I come; I approach |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | gʷenjō | to come |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷm̥yéti | to come |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |