inventory

C2+ Topic:Word Formation & Derivatives

US /ˈɪnvənˌtɔri/ UK /ˈɪnvəntri/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a complete list of goods or items in stock; the stock itself

The shop took inventory at the close of every month.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a complete list of goods or... stock list catalogue register tally store supply

Word family

Derived forms inventorialinventorying

Related forms invent invention

Etymology

From Medieval Latin inventorium, an alteration of Late Latin inventarium 'a list of what is found', from Latin invenire 'to find', from in- plus venire 'to come'.

inventarium Latin venire Latin

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Topics

Word Formation & Derivatives General Vocabulary

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# inventory

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈɪnvənˌtɔri/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɪnvəntri/

## Meanings
1. a complete list of goods or items in stock; the stock itself

## Examples
- The shop took inventory at the close of every month.

## Synonyms
- stock
- list
- catalogue
- register
- tally
- store
- supply

## Derived Forms
- inventorial
- inventorying

## Related Forms
- invent
- invention

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: inventarium
- Root: venire

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin inventorium, an alteration of Late Latin inventarium 'a list of what is found', from Latin invenire 'to find', from in- plus venire 'to come'.

## AI Etymology
Inventory comes from Medieval Latin inventorium, an alteration of Late Latin inventarium 'a list of what is found', from Latin invenire 'to find', from in- plus venire 'to come'. The etymological trail includes Latin inventarium and Latin venire. As a noun, inventory means a complete list of goods or items in stock; the stock itself. The same family is visible in derived forms such as inventorial and inventorying and related forms such as invent and invention.

## Topics
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- General Vocabulary

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