- innovate (v.)
- 1540s, "introduce as new" (trans.), from Latin innovatus, past participle of innovare "to renew, restore;" also "to change," from in- "into" (see in- (2)) + novus "new" (see new). Intransitive meaning "bring in new things, alter established practices" is from 1590s. Related: Innovated; innovating.
