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Invent

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to create or design something that did not exist before
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Stage 1 of 2
invenire
Latin · ancient
"to come upon, to find"
to come upon, to find, from in- (upon) and venire (to come)
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Stage 2 of 2
invent
English · 1400s
"to create or design something new"
settled as the English word for creating something new
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