Where does “investigator” come from?
investigator (Latin) comes from Latin investigo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
investigator (Latin): investigator, researcher; second-person singular...
Definitions
- investigator, researcher; second-person singular...
Ancestry of “investigator”, step by step
investigator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin investigo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | investigo | I track or trace out, search into, investigate |
| 2 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 3 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Latin investigare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | investigare | present active infinitive of investīgō;... |