Meaning

verb make an investment

verb give qualities or abilities to

verb furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors

originBorrowed from Middle French investir or Medieval Latin investire, from Latin investio (“to clothe, cover”), from in- (“in, on”) + vestio (“to clothe, dress”), from vestis (“clothing”); see vest. The sense “to spend money etc.” probably via Italian investire, of the same root.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0