English
invect
Invect comes from Latin invehō ‘bring in, carry in’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- ‘to ride’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weǵʰ-‘to ride’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*weɣō‘to carry, convey’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvehō‘carry’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinvehō‘bring in, carry in’
- Englishearliest quotation 1597invect
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weǵʰ-‘to ride’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*weɣō‘to carry, convey’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvehō‘carry’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinvehō‘bring in, carry in’
- Englishearliest quotation 1597invect
Earliest quotation: 1597, Don Richardo de Medico Campo pseudonym; , The Trimming of Thomas Nashe Gentleman: “But, alas! why invect ſo againſt thy tongue? lingua…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- ‘to ride’
way, always, via, wave, reveal, halfway, weigh, wagon, wee, vogue, wedge, veil, vein, headway, wag, wonky, eunuch, venous, vex, wey, waw, vena, wain, velar, 40 more
through Latin vehō ‘carry’
Today it means
verb To import or introduce.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- / invect