investire v. tr. 1. econ. / comm. / fin. Av. 1342 (1262 investire in draparia). Impiegare capitali finanziari o risorse tecniche o umane in un’impresa al fine di conseguire un utile. 2. anche fig. mil. / armi 1435. Aggredire, assalire. (DELI).
I. investir v. tr. mil. / armi In. sec. XIV (envestir). Circondare (per attaccare) (TLF).
II. investir < ingl. econ. / comm. / fin. (TLF) → invest
invest (calco semantico < lat. [1533/34] × it.) v. econ. / comm. / fin. 1613. Investire. (OED; Pinnavaia, p. 80).
investieren v. tr. econ. / comm. / fin. Sec. XIX (Pfeifer; DuE; Kluge, s.v. ‹Investition; DuGW).