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Where does “reinventar” come from?

reinventar (Spanish) comes from Spanish inventar, from Spanish invento, from Latin inventum, from Latin invenio, from Latin venio, from Proto-Italic gʷenjō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷm̥yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.

reinventar (Spanish): to reinvent

Definitions

  1. to reinvent

Ancestry of “reinventar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishinventarto invent; to feign
2Spanishinventoinvention; leash
3Latininventuminvention; nominative neuter singular of...
4LatininvenioI find; I discover, find out; I come upon
5LatinvenioI come; I approach
6Proto-Italicgʷenjōto come
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷm̥yéti—
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
10Chichewaiyehe, she
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