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Where does “invectīvus” come from?

invectīvus (Latin) comes from Latin invectus, from Latin invehō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “invectīvus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininvectuscarried into
2Latininvehō—
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →