Etymology

renovation

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Today it means: An act, or the process, of renovating. Full definition →

Middle English renovacion ← Latin renovātiō, renovātiōnem ← Middle French renovation
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  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*nu
  4. Proto-Indo-European*néwos
  5. Proto-Indo-European*néweh₂ti
  6. Proto-Italic*nowāō
  7. Latinnovō
  8. Latinrenovō
  9. Latinrenovātiō, renovātiōnem
  10. Middle Frenchrenovation
  11. Latinrenovātiō, renovātiōnem
  12. Middle Englishrenovacion
  13. English todayrenovation

From Middle English renovacion, renovacyoun, from Middle French renovation and its etymon, Latin renovātiō. By surface analysis, renovate + -ion.

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