Where does “noninnovative” come from?
noninnovative (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.
noninnovative (English): Not innovative
Ancestry of “noninnovative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | innovative | Characterized by the creation of new ideas or... |
| 2 | English | innovate | To alter, to change into something new; to... |
| 3 | Latin | innovatus | |
| 4 | Latin | innovō | — |
| 5 | Latin | novo | I make new, renew, refresh; I alter, change;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | nowāō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | néweh₂ti | to renew |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |