inventory
IN-vuhn-tor-ee · noun
Origin
From Middle English inventorie, from Medieval Latin inventōrium, an alteration of Late Latin inventārium, itself from Latin inveniō, meaning "to find out" or "to come upon."
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Journey
The word passed from Latin into Late Latin and Medieval Latin before settling into Middle English, carrying its sense of a discovered or recorded set of things along the way.
Related words
It shares its root, Latin inveniō, with words built on the idea of finding or coming upon something.