Where does “inverter” come from?

inverter (Portuguese) comes from Latin inverto, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

inverter (Portuguese): to invert

Definitions

  1. to invert

Ancestry of “inverter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatininvertoI turn upside-down, over or around, invert,...
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →