Where does “inventor” come from?
inventor (Portuguese) comes from Latin inventor, 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-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
inventor (Portuguese): inventor
Ancestry of “inventor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | inventor | contriver, author, discoverer, inventor |
| 2 | Latin | inveniō | — |
| 3 | Latin | veniō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | gʷenjō | to come |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷm̥yéti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |