innovator
/ˈɪnəˌveɪtə/IH-nuh-vay-tur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˈɪnəˌveɪtɚ/IH-nuh-vay-tur
Meaningone who innovates
Common meaning: a person who brings in new methods or ideas
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- inin, into; (before adjectives) not
- novnewLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1220 · scan
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- oragent ending: the doer, or the device that does it
‘in, into’ + ‘new’ → innovator
Journey through time
- Latinnovus‘new’
- Englishinnovate‘to bring in new methods’
- Englishformed in English from innovateinnovator‘a person who brings in new methods or ideas’ · today
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.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Formed in English from innovate + -or.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), INNOVATE, p.294 · scan
Roots
- novus Latin “new”
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