invent

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 408 words | Copyright

invent †come upon, find XV; devise, esp. by way of original contrivance XVI. f. invent-, pp. stem of L. invenīre, f. IN-1 + venīre COME.
So invention finding (surviving in Invention of the Cross church festival of 3rd May) XV; contrivance XVI. — L. inventive XV. — OF. inventory detailed list of articles. XVI. — medL. inventōrium, for late L. inventārium.

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