vestigo
Latin
Etymology
Possibly from vē- + *stīgō, from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to walk”). Cognate with Ancient Greek στείχω (steíkhō, “I go”), German steigen, English sty. See also English stair, stile, Ancient Greek στοῖχος (stoîkhos), στίχος (stíkhos), στόχος (stókhos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /wesˈtiː.ɡoː/, [wɛsˈtiː.ɡoː]
Verb
vestīgō (present infinitive vestīgāre, perfect active vestīgāvī, supine vestīgātum); first conjugation
- I follow a track, search
- I investigate
Inflection
- Note: perfect and supine are rare.
Derived terms
References
- vestigo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vestigo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vestigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- investigate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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