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Where does “inventorie” come from?

inventorie (Middle English) comes from Old French inventoire, from Late Latin inventarium, from Latin inveniō, from Latin veniō, from Proto-Italic gʷenjō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷm̥yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.

Ancestry of “inventorie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchinventoire—
2Late Latininventariuma list, inventory
3Latininveniō—
4Latinveniō—
5Proto-Italicgʷenjōto come
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷm̥yéti—
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
9Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “inventorie”

  • inventory
  • noninventory
  • inventorial
  • inventorially
  • reinventory
  • inventorize
  • bioinventory
  • inventoryless
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