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Where does “invectiva” come from?

invectiva (Medieval Latin) comes from Latin invectīvus, 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 “invectiva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininvectīvus—
2Latininvectuscarried into
3Latininvehō—
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →