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Where does “reinvestimento” come from?

reinvestimento (Italian) comes from Italian investimento, from Italian investire, from Latin investio, from Latin vestiō, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom — flax.

reinvestimento (Italian): reinvestment

Definitions

  1. reinvestment

Ancestry of “reinvestimento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianinvestimentoinvestment; crash, running over, knocking down
2Italianinvestireto invest; to crash , run over; to assail
3Latininvestioto clothe in; to cover
4Latinvestiō—
5Latinvestisgarment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;...
6Latinlīnea—
7Latinlīnum—
8Proto-Italiclīnom—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →