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Where does “innovatively” come from?

innovatively (English) comes from English innovative, from English innovate, from Latin innovatus, from Latin innovō, from Latin novo, from Proto-Italic nowāō, from Proto-Indo-European néweh₂ti, from Proto-Indo-European néwos — new; to nod, assent to.

innovatively (English): In an innovative manner

Definitions

  1. In an innovative manner

Ancestry of “innovatively”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinnovativeCharacterized by the creation of new ideas or...
2EnglishinnovateTo alter, to change into something new; to...
3Latininnovatus
4Latininnovō—
5LatinnovoI make new, renew, refresh; I alter, change;...
6Proto-Italicnowāō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeannéweh₂tito renew
8Proto-Indo-Europeannéwosnew
9Proto-Indo-Europeannew-new; to nod, assent to
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