disinvest
English
verb
Definitions
- To reduce investment, or cease to invest.
Etymology
Prefix from English invest root from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (buy, sell, wet, eat, dress, moist, put on, clothe, moisture, graze, wear, damp, prick, stick, consume, pierce, feast, fat, be, happy, stab, be cheerful, sting).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wes-
Gloss
buy, sell, wet, eat, dress, moist, put on, clothe, moisture, graze, wear, damp, prick, stick, consume, pierce, feast, fat, be, happy, stab, be cheerful, sting
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
着
Emoji
🏪 🏬
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- deinvest English
- divestment English
- invest English
- investable English
- investee English
- investest English
- investeth English
- investible English
- investive English
- investment English
- investor English
- investress English
- malinvest English
- misinvest English
- outinvest English
- overinvest English
- reinvest English
- underinvest English
- uninvest English
- vestibule school English
- vesture English
- investio Latin
- venum Latin
- venus Latin
- vestio Latin
- vestitus Latin
- vestīmentum Latin
- vestīre Latin
- vilipendō Latin
- vilis Latin
- ἐσθής Ancient Greek
- *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wes- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European
- *wes- Proto-Indo-European
- *wes-li- Proto-Indo-European
- *wes-ti(h₂)- Proto-Indo-European
- *wésmn̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *wéstis Proto-Indo-European
- *wéstrom Proto-Indo-European
- *uzdaz Proto-Germanic
- *wastijō Proto-Germanic
- *wastilaz Proto-Germanic
- *wastiliz Proto-Germanic
- *wasô Proto-Germanic
- *wazjaną Proto-Germanic
- *wōsaz Proto-Germanic
- *wōsą Proto-Germanic
- desvestir Old French
- بازار Persian
- investir Middle French
- *weskā Proto-Celtic
- *wástay Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *wastil Frankish
- *wesel- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *wahā-čā̆rana- Proto-Iranian
- 𐎺𐏃𐎠𐎨𐎼𐎴 Old Persian
- *wosa fiu-pro
- *wehanós Proto-Hellenic
- *wehnūmi Proto-Hellenic
- *wäs- Proto-Tocharian