Where does “inventator” come from?
inventator (Romanian) comes from Romanian inventa, from French inventer, from French inventeur, from Latin inventor, from Latin inveniō, from Latin veniō, from Proto-Italic gʷenjō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷm̥yéti — he, she.
inventator (Romanian): inventor
Definitions
- inventor
Ancestry of “inventator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | inventa | to invent |
| 2 | French | inventer | to invent |
| 3 | French | inventeur | inventor |
| 4 | Latin | inventor | contriver, author, discoverer, inventor |
| 5 | Latin | inveniō | to find |
| 6 | Latin | veniō | to come (to a place), come in, arrive, reach |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | gʷenjō | to come |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷm̥yéti | to come |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |