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innovate
- /ˈɪn.ə.veɪt/
Where it comes from
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Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *nu
Proto-Indo-European *néwos
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Indo-European *néweh₂ti
Proto-Italic *nowāō
Latin novō
Latin innovō
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Latin innovātusbor.
English innovate
First attested in 1548; borrowed from Latin innovātus, perfect passive participle of innovō (“to renew”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
verb innovates · innovating · innovated
- To alter, to change into something new; to revolutionize. But the most frequent maladies are such as proceed from themselves, as first when religion and God's service is neglected, innovated or altered […].
- To introduce something new to a particular environment; to do something new. Japanese retail stores have strove to, and have succeeded in, fulfilling these severe demands, and in doing so, have constantly had to innovate both technologically and institutionally in order to keep up with the competition.
- To introduce (something) as new. to innovate a word or an act
Similar: boldly go where no man has gone before, break new ground, innovate, novelize, pioneer
