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Where does “uninventive” come from?

uninventive (English) comes from English inventive, from Middle English inventif, from Old French inventif, from Medieval Latin inventivus, from Latin inventum, from Latin invenio, from Latin venio, from Proto-Italic gʷenjō — he, she.

uninventive (English): Not inventive

Definitions

  1. Not inventive

Ancestry of “uninventive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinventiveOf, or relating to invention; pertaining to the...
2Middle Englishinventif—
3Old Frenchinventif—
4Medieval Latininventivus—
5Latininventuminvention; nominative neuter singular of...
6LatininvenioI find; I discover, find out; I come upon
7LatinvenioI come; I approach
8Proto-Italicgʷenjōto come
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʷm̥yéti—
10Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
12Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “uninventive”

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