Etymology Explorer › Middle French

Where does “invective” come from?

invective (Middle French) comes from Medieval Latin invectiva, from Latin invectīvus, from Latin invectus, from Latin invehō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

Ancestry of “invective”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latininvectiva—
2Latininvectīvus—
3Latininvectuscarried into
4Latininvehō—
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “invective”

  • invective
  • invectively
  • invectiveness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →