Where does “investimento” come from?
investimento (Italian) comes from Italian investire, from Latin investio, from Latin vestiō, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.
investimento (Italian): investment; crash, running over, knocking down
Definitions
- investment; crash, running over, knocking down
Ancestry of “investimento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | investire | to invest to spend money, time, or energy on something and work |
| 2 | Latin | investio | to clothe in; to cover |
| 3 | Latin | vestiō | to clothe, dress |
| 4 | Latin | vestis | garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;... |
| 5 | Latin | līnea | A linen thread |
| 6 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |