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- Latin · derived frominveniō“to find out”
- Late Latin · derived frominventārium
- Medieval Latin · derived frominventōrium
- Middle English · inherited frominventorie
- English todayinventory
From Middle English inventorie, from Medieval Latin inventōrium, alteration of Late Latin inventārium, from Latin inveniō (“to find out”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.