investment

Meaning

1. The act of investing, or state of being invested.
2. A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation.
3. A vestment.
4. The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.
5. A mixture of silica sand and plaster which, by surrounding a wax pattern, creates a negative mold of the form used for casting, among other metals, bronze.

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *wes- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wéstis Proto-Italic *westis Latin vestis Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin vestiō Latin investioder. Middle French investirbor. ▲ Latin investioder. Medieval Latin investirebor. English invest Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English investment From invest + -ment.

Related words

Descendant words

• Investment(German) (bor)

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