Where does “investigo” come from?

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

investigo (Portuguese): first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “investigo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseinvestigarto research; to investigate
2LatininvestigoI track or trace out, search into, investigate
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en