Etymology

reinvestment

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Today it means: The condition of being reinvested Full definition →

English investment ← Medieval Latin investire ← Latin investio
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  7. Proto-Italic*en
  8. Proto-Italic*en-
  9. Latinin-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*wes-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*wéstis
  12. Proto-Italic*westis
  13. Latinvestis
  14. Latinvestiō
  15. Latininvestio
  16. Middle Frenchinvestir
  17. Latininvestio
  18. Medieval Latininvestire
  19. Englishinvest
  20. Englishinvestment
  21. English todayreinvestment

From re- + investment.

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