Where does “investigative” come from?
investigative (Italian) comes from Italian investigativo, from Portuguese investigar, from Latin investigo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
investigative (Italian): feminine plural of investigativo
Definitions
- feminine plural of investigativo
Ancestry of “investigative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | investigativo | detective; investigative, investigating |
| 2 | Portuguese | investigar | to research; to investigate |
| 3 | Latin | investigo | I track or trace out, search into, investigate |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |