Etymograph

English

inventer

From invent + -er.

A compound of invent + -er

Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘to come, to step’

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Latin inveniō ‘come upon, meet with, find, discover’

Latin inventus ‘discovered, having been discovered’

Old French inventer

Middle English inventen

English invent

Today it means

noun —

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

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