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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

  1. to invent; to fabricate, make up

Ancestry of “inventare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininventuminvention; nominative neuter singular of...
2LatininvenioI find; I discover, find out; I come upon
3LatinvenioI come; I approach
4Proto-Italicgʷenjōto come
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷm̥yéti—
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
8Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “inventare”

  • inventi
  • invento
  • inventabile
  • inventa
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