vestigo
Latin
Etymology
Possibly from vē- + *stīgō, from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to walk”). Cognate with Ancient Greek στείχω (steíkhō, “I go”), German steigen, obsolete English sty. See also English stair, stile, Ancient Greek στοῖχος (stoîkhos), στίχος (stíkhos), στόχος (stókhos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯esˈtiː.ɡoː/, [u̯ɛs̠ˈt̪iːɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vesˈti.ɡo/, [vesˈt̪iːɡo]
Verb
vestīgō (present infinitive vestīgāre, perfect active vestīgāvī, supine vestīgātum); first conjugation
- I follow a track, search
- I investigate
Conjugation
- Note: perfect and supine are rare.
Derived terms
Descendants
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, →OCLC.