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- The earliest known use of the verb invite is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for invite is from 1533, in the writing of Thomas More, lord chancellor, humanist, and martyr. invite is a borrowing from French.
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Dec 7, 2020 · invite. (v.) "solicit to come," 1530s, a back-formation from invitation, or else from French inviter (15c.), from Latin invitare "to invite," also "to summon, challenge; to feast, to entertain," a word of uncertain origin. Related: Invited; inviting. also from 1530s.
- Français (French)
Signification de invite: inviter; "Solliciter de venir",...
- Deutsch (German)
invite (n.) "Eine Einladung" stammt aus dem Jahr 1650 von...
- Português (Portuguese)
Meio do século 15, "ato de convidar, solicitação," do latim...
- Italiano (Italian)
Metà del XV secolo, "atto di invitare, sollecitazione," dal...
- Etymonline에 의한 Invite의 어원, 기원 및 의미
invite 뜻: 초대하다; "초대하다," 1530년대, invitation 에서 역생된 단어이거나 또는...
- Uninvited
The word uncome-at-able is attested by 1690s in Congreve,...
- Invitee
word-forming element in legal English (and in imitation of...
- Invision
word-forming element meaning "not, opposite of, without"...
- Français (French)
The earliest known use of the verb invite is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for invite is from 1533, in the writing of Thomas More, lord chancellor, humanist, and martyr.
Apr 19, 2008 · Invitare and vita are not derived from the same *PIE root. But there is a semantic link between them in the idea of conviviality; tracing their *PIE roots (‘speak’ and ‘live’, respectively) won’t get us there. In Latin, invitare means to invite, feast, or entertain.
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Nov 9, 2014 · Pass away, meaning depart, has been used in the sense 'die' (60. ) since about 1375; Lay Folks Mass Book (MS. B) 112: “God lord graunt .. rest and pese Þat lastis ay to christen soules passed away.”
Oct 18, 2019 · Despite these religious origins, to ‘give up the ghost’ has become a widely used euphemism for death. The meaning of ‘give up the ghost’ has actually evolved over time, and now it is commonly used to describe the ‘death’ of inanimate objects, such as saying a car has ‘given up the ghost’ when it breaks down.
The verb 'invite' has its origins in the Latin word 'invitare,' which means 'to invite' or 'to entertain.' In Latin, 'invitare' was used to express the act of extending a friendly or hospitable invitation, often related to social gatherings or occasions.
