invest: [16] The etymological notion underlying invest is of ‘putting on clothes’. It comes via Old French investir from Latin investīre, a compound verb formed from the prefix in- and vestis ‘clothes’ (source of English vest, vestment, travesty, etc). It retained that original literal sense ‘clothe’ in English for several centuries, but now it survives only in its metaphorical descendant ‘instal in an office’ (as originally performed by clothing in special garments).
Its financial sense, first recorded in English in the early 17th century, is thought to have originated in Italian investire from the idea of dressing one’s capital up in different clothes by putting it into a particular business, stock, etc. => travesty, vest, vestment
invest (v.)
late 14c., "to clothe in the official robes of an office," from Latin investire "to clothe in, cover, surround," from in "in, into" (see in- (2)) + vestire "to dress, clothe" (see wear (v.)). The meaning "use money to produce profit" first attested 1610s in connection with the East Indies trade, and is probably a borrowing of Italian investire (13c.) from the same Latin root, via the notion of giving one's capital a new form. The military meaning "to besiege" is from c. 1600. Related: Invested; investing.
例文
1. They would have to offer cast-iron guarantees to invest in long-term projects.
長期プロジェクトに投資するには、絶対的に信頼できる保証を提供する必要があります。
2.Business is booming and foreigners are scrambling to invest .
商業が繁栄し、外国人が投資を争っている。
3.She wanted to set up her own company to invest in films.
彼女は自分の会社を設立して映画に投資したいと思っている。/
4.He urged US executives to invest billions of dollars in his country.
彼はアメリカ企業の役員たちに彼の国に数十億ドルを投資するように勧めた。
5.To get the most out of your money,you have to invest .