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Added 9 October 2026

invention

/ɪnˈvɛnʃən/ noun

Latin root: inventiō Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about invention at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The creation of something in the mind.
A creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation.
The act of inventing.

Origin

From Middle English invencion, invencioun, from Latin inventiō either directly or via Middle French invencion, from Latin invenīre (“to discover, find, invent”), from in- (“in-: in, into”) + venīre (“to come”). Doublet of inventio. By surface analysis, invent + -ion. Displaced native Old English orþanc.

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