Etymology

investor

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Today it means: A person who invests money in order to make a profit. Full definition →

English invest ← Medieval Latin investire ← Latin investio
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*wes-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*wéstis
  7. Proto-Italic*westis
  8. Latinvestis
  9. Latinvestiō
  10. Latininvestio
  11. Middle Frenchinvestir
  12. Latininvestio
  13. Medieval Latininvestire
  14. Englishinvest
  15. English todayinvestor

From invest + -or.

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