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"investor" in seven languages

Meaninginvestor

Spanish

inversor

/inbeɾˈsoɾ/

masc.other source · invertir 'to invest', from Latin INVERTERE 'to turn over'

Latin America often says inversionista.

French

investisseur

/ɛ̃vɛstisœʁ/

masc.learned

Italian

investitore

/investiˈtore/

masc.learned

Portuguese

investidor

/ĩvestʃiˈdoh/

masc.learned

Romanian

investitor

/investiˈtor/

masc.borrowed · investi, from French investir

Catalan

inversor

/imbəɾˈso/

masc.other source · invertir 'to invest', from Latin INVERTERE 'to turn over'

English

investor

/ɪnˈvɛstɚ/

from Latin/French · invest, from Italian investire (Latin INVESTĪRE)

English → ItalianinvestorinvestitoreCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

INVESTĪRE‘to clothe; to install in office’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

INVESTĪRE meant 'to dress' (VESTIS 'garment'); the money sense grew up in Italian and reached English from there. Spanish uses its own verb invertir, which also means 'to invert'.

English relatives: invest, investment, vest, vestment

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In a sentence

  • esLos inversores perdieron mucho dinero.
  • frLes investisseurs ont perdu beaucoup d'argent.
  • itGli investitori hanno perso molti soldi.
  • ptOs investidores perderam muito dinheiro.
  • roInvestitorii au pierdut mulți bani.
  • caEls inversors van perdre molts diners.
  • enThe investors lost a lot of money.

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