Meaning

noun someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns

originEtymology 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 *-tōr…

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