myEtymology.com: English etymology of investigation

Etymology of the English word investigation

the English word investigation

derived from the Latin word investigatio (search; inquiry, investigation)

derived from the Latin word investigatum

derived from the Latin word investigare (investigate; search out, after)

using the Latin prefix in- (suffix for no)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ne (not)

derived from the Latin word in-

derived from the Latin word vestigare (track down, search for; search out)

derived from the Latin word vestigium (trace, footprint; step, track; trace)

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