The story
- Latin · derived frominvenīre“to discover, find, invent”
- Middle French · derived frominvencion
- Latin · derived frominventiō
- Middle English · inherited frominvencion
- English todayinvention
From Middle English invencion, invencioun, from Latin inventiō either directly or via Middle French invencion, from Latin invenīre (“to discover, find, invent”), from in- (“in-: in, into”) + venīre (“to come”). Doublet of inventio. By surface analysis, invent + -ion. Displaced native Old English orþanc.
Words from the same roots
Latininventiō all →
inventio
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.