inviteyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[invite 词源字典]
invite: [16] Invite comes from Latin invitāre, probably by way of French inviter, but there our certain knowledge of its ancestry ends; for the Latin verb is something of a mystery word. No one is too sure where the element -vitāre comes from. One suggestion is that it is related to Greek hiesthai ‘be desirous of’.
=> vie[invite etymology, invite origin, 英语词源]
invite (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1530s, a back-formation from invitation, or else from Middle French inviter, from Latin invitare "to invite," also "to summon, challenge." As a noun variant of invitation it is attested from 1650s. Related: Invited; inviting.
invite (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1650s, from invite (v.).