investor
//ɪnˈvɛs.tə(ɹ)//
Forms
- Plural
- investors
Definitions
1.A person who invests money in order to make a profit.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1946
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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English invest
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin -ātor
Old French -eorbor.
Middle English -our
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Latin -torlbor.
English -or
English investor
From invest + -or.