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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ennius|origins=ine-pro *gʷem-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪnˈwɛn.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [iɱˈvɛn.tor]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''inventor''' ''m'' (genitive inventōris, feminine inventrīx); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|inveniō|-tor|t1=to find, discover]], from [[m|la|in-]] and [[m|la|veniō|t=to come]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨veniō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*gʷn̥-je/o-|t=to come]], from [[ine-pro|*gʷm̥-ye/o-|t=to come]], and notes that nouns in ⟨-ventiō⟩ may be inherited or recent formations.^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is Ennius, of an originator.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant an originator, inventor, from Ennius; one who devises or plans, a contriver, author, from Terence; and in Lucretius a discoverer, finder.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means inventor, discoverer.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for an arbitrator.^(Niermeyer 1976) English ''inventor'' (c. 1500, first “discoverer”) is from it, and it survives as Spanish ''inventor'' and Italian ''inventore''.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of an originator.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of a contriver.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of a discoverer.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 1500 – English ''inventor'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A [[m|en|discoverer]], finder.^(OLD 2012)
+ # An originator, [[m|en|inventor]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # A [[m|en|contriver]], author (of a plan).^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' An [[m|en|arbitrator]].^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[inveniō]]
+ * [[inventiō]]
+ * [[inventum]]
+ * [[veniō]]
+ * [[en|inventor]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}