myEtymology.com: Portuguese etymology of investigar

Etymology of the Portuguese word investigar

the Portuguese word investigar

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)