invader
/ˌɪnˈveɪdə/in-VAY-dur
/ˌɪnˈveɪdɚ/in-VAY-dur
Meaningone who invades
Common meaning: someone who enters by force
- inin, into; (before adjectives) not
- vadto goLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1951 · scan
- eragent ending: one who
‘in, into’ + ‘to go’ → invader
Journey through time
- Latinvādō, vāsī‘to go’
- Frenchinvasion
- Englishinvade‘to enter by force’
- Englishformed in English from invadeinvader‘someone who enters by force’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from invade + -er.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), INVADE, p.300 · scan
Roots
- vādō, vāsī Latin “to go”
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