inventory English · revision 7313

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1415|origins=la invenio}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈɪn.vən.tɹi/, /ɪnˈvɛn.tə.ɹi/ ''(UK)''; /ˈɪn.vənˌtɔɹ.i/, /ˈɪn.vənˌtɹi/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It was first inventari (1415), [[bor|frm|inventaire]], from Late Latin [[m|la-lat|inventarium|t=list of what is found]];^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) the spelling with -ory, from before 1425, is from Medieval Latin inventorium, a variant influenced by words in -orium.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) It comes from Latin inventus, past participle of [[m|la|invenio|alt=invenīre|t=to find, come upon]] (see [[invent]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A detailed list of goods: 1415 in Barnhart, early 15th century in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A list or detailed account in general is from 1589.^(OED 1989) The stock of goods itself is from 1691,^(OED 1989) and chiefly in American accounting the value of a firm's stock of goods.^(Collins 2023) The verb, to make a list, is from 1526 in the OED^(OED 1989) but 1601, in Shakespeare's ''Twelfth Night'', in Barnhart.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1415 – inventari, a detailed list.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1526 – the verb.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1589 – any detailed account.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1691 – a stock of goods.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A detailed list of things one has, especially of goods in [[stock]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The making of such a list.^(AHD)

+ # The goods on hand; stock.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A survey of [[ability|alt=abilities]] or resources.^(AHD)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To make a detailed list of.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[inventorial]]

+ * [[inventorially]]

+ * [[inventoriable]]

+ * [[personality inventory]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[invent]]

+ * [[inventive]]

+ * [[invention]]

+ * [[inventor]]

+ * [[reinvent]]

+ * [[venue]]

+ * [[advent]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}