Etymology

disinvest

D2I1S1I1N1V4E1S1T1

Today it means: To reduce investment, or cease to invest. Full definition →

English invest ← Medieval Latin investire ← Latin investio
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdis-
  9. Englishdis-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  11. Proto-Italic*en
  12. Proto-Italic*en-
  13. Latinin-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*wes-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*wéstis
  16. Proto-Italic*westis
  17. Latinvestis
  18. Latinvestiō
  19. Latininvestio
  20. Middle Frenchinvestir
  21. Latininvestio
  22. Medieval Latininvestire
  23. Englishinvest
  24. English todaydisinvest

From dis- + invest.

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