English
proinvasive
From pro- + invasive.
Proto-Indo-European *pér ‘through’
Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘forwards, before’
Proto-Italic *prō ‘in front of, before’
Latin prō ‘in favor of, on behalf of’
English pro-
Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- ‘to go, to proceed’
Latin invāsus ‘entered’
Medieval Latin invāsīvus
Middle French invasif
Middle English invasif ‘of a weapon: offensive’
English invasive
Today it means
adj That leads to invasion
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “proinvasive”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / proinvasive