Where does “investiment” come from?
investiment (Maltese) 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.
investiment (Maltese): investment
Definitions
- investment
Ancestry of “investiment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | investimento | investment; crash, running over, knocking down |
| 2 | Italian | investire | to invest to spend money, time, or energy on something and work |
| 3 | Latin | investio | to clothe in; to cover |
| 4 | Latin | vestiō | to clothe, dress |
| 5 | Latin | vestis | garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;... |
| 6 | Latin | līnea | A linen thread |
| 7 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |