Where does “investigate” come from?
investigate (Latin) comes from Latin investigo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
investigate (Latin): second-person plural present active imperative of...
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- second-person plural present active imperative of...
Ancestry of “investigate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | investigo | I track or trace out, search into, investigate |
| 2 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 3 | Latin | în | — |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |