Etymograph

English

invasion

Invasion comes from Late Latin invāsiō ‘attack, invasion’, from Latin invādō ‘to invade’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- ‘to advance’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weh₂dʰ-‘to advance’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéh₂dʰetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wāðō‘to advance, proceed, go’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvādō‘to go, rush’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinvādō‘to invade’
  6. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEinvāsiōas invāsiōnem‘attack, invasion’
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600invasion
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1978same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weh₂dʰ-‘to advance’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéh₂dʰetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wāðō‘to advance, proceed, go’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvādō‘to go, rush’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinvādō‘to invade’
  6. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEinvāsiōas invāsiōnem‘attack, invasion’
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600invasion
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1978same form

Earliest quotation: 1978, 1976, Leszek Kołakowski: “The invasion and armed suppression, on one occasion after…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- ‘to advance’

wade, waddle, evasion, 2 more

through Latin vādō ‘to go, rush’

evade, evasive

through Latin invādō ‘to invade’

invade

Today it means

noun A military action consisting of a large armed force of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- / invasion

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