Where does “investigar” come from?

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

investigar (Portuguese): to research; to investigate

Definitions

  1. to research; to investigate

Ancestry of “investigar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatininvestigoI track or trace out, search into, investigate
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “investigar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →