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Where does “invertir” come from?

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

invertir (Spanish): to invest; to invert

Definitions

  1. to invest; to invert

Ancestry of “invertir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatininvertoI turn upside-down, over or around, invert,...
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “invertir”

  • desinvertir
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →