The story
- Latin · derived frominventus
- Old French · derived frominventer
- Middle English · inherited frominventen
- English todayinvent
From Middle English inventen, borrowed from Old French inventer, from Latin inventus, perfect passive participle of inveniō (“come upon, meet with, find, discover”), from in (“in, on”) + veniō (“come”); see venture. Compare advent, covent, event, prevent, etc. Displaced native Old English āþenċan (literally “to think out”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.