invent
to create or discover something
Roots
- in- / im- (in/into): in, into, within, or on
- ven / vent: come or arrive
Other words with the ven / vent root
- advent: arrival or beginning
- circumvent: to get around or bypass
- contravene: to violate or go against a rule or principle
- convene: to come together for a meeting
- convention: a meeting or accepted custom
- conventional: following accepted custom or usual practice
- event: something that happens
- intervene: to come between
Invent once meant come upon or find; modern English turns it toward creating.
She did not memorize a trick; she invented one that fit her brain.