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inventio.

invention/discovery (action/thing); action of devising/planning; plan/stratagem;

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ɪnˈwɛn.ti.oː]Classical-Latin[iɱˈvɛn.t͡si.o]

  1. invention, discovery

    declension-3

  2. inventing

    declension-3

  3. plan, stratagem

    declension-3
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *énu Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Italic *gʷəniō Latin veniō Latin inveniō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin inventiō From inveniō (“to find, discover, or come upon”) + -tiō.

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