innovation English · revision 6000

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=mid-15th century|origins=la-lat innovatio}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˌɪn.əˈveɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɪn.əʊˈveɪ.ʃən/, US /ˌɪn.əˈveɪ.ʃən/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English innovacion, [[bor|la-lat|innovātiō]] (accusative innovationem),^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)^(NODE 1998) probably also through Middle French,^(MWU 2024) a noun of action from the past participle stem of [[m|la|innovāre|t=to change; to renew]] (see [[innovate]]),^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) from in- “into” and novus “new” (see [[new]]).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Restoration or renewal: the mid-15th century in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A novel change, something new introduced into an established arrangement, is from the 1540s, 1548 in the OED,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and the action of introducing novelties from 1553.^(OED 1989) In the late 16th and early 17th centuries it could also mean a political revolution or rebellion, after Latin novae res.^(OED 1989) In Scots law it is the substitution of a new obligation for an old one (1861),^(OED 1989) and in botany the growth of a new shoot from 1835.^(OED 1989) In commerce, introducing a new product to the market is from 1939.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * mid-15th century – renewal.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1548 – a novel change.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1553 – introducing novelties.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1601 – a rebellion (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1939 – a new product.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A new [[method]], idea, device or product.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The act of introducing new things or ways of doing things.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[innovational]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[innovate]]

+ * [[innovative]]

+ * [[innovator]]

+ * [[new]]

+ * [[novel]]

+ * [[novice]]

+ * [[renovate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}