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innovate

/ˈɪnəˌveɪt/IH-nuh-vayt
/ˈɪnəˌveɪt/IH-nuh-vayt

Meaningto renew

Common meaning: to bring in new methods

‘in, into’ + ‘new’ → innovate

Journey through time

  1. Latinnovus‘new’
  2. Englishinnovate‘to bring in new methods’ · today

in- also in: incestinciteinduceinfamyinfant

nov also in: novelnovicenoveltyrenovate

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin novus ‘new’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry novus, p. 1220 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

novelnoveltynovicerenovate

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