Innovate
/ˈɪn.ə.veɪt/noun
To introduce something new; to make changes by creating or using new methods, ideas, or products.
Did you know?Innovate comes from Latin innovāre, a verb used for renewing or changing things, and its deeper root is the same one behind ideas of rebirth and renewal across Indo-European languages.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*néwos
“new”
Latin
Latin
novus
“new”
Latin
Latin
innovāre
“to renew, to make new again”
Late Latin
Latin
innovatus
“renewed, altered”
Middle English
English
innovaten
“to alter or renew”
Modern English
English
innovate
“to introduce something new”