Word: innovated
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: i
nno
va
ted
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of innovate; bring something new to an environment
Morphemes:
Affix: innovate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To introduce something new to a particular environment; to do something new.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: innovare
Language: la
Decoded: innovare
Meaning: renew
Affix: -d
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: An empty suffix, perhaps derived from the past-tense suffix above, added in some dialects to the present tense forms of some words which then add an additional -ed in the past tense.