Where does “innovazione” come from?
innovazione (Italian) comes from Late Latin innovatio, from Latin innovō, from Latin novo, from Proto-Italic nowāō, from Proto-Indo-European néweh₂ti, from Proto-Indo-European néwos, from Proto-Indo-European new- — new; to nod, assent to.
innovazione (Italian): innovation
Ancestry of “innovazione”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | innovatio | renewal; alteration; innovation |
| 2 | Latin | innovō | — |
| 3 | Latin | novo | I make new, renew, refresh; I alter, change;... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | nowāō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néweh₂ti | to renew |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |