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louloudo | 03:24 Thu 25th May 2006 | Technology
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Who invented the word 'Invention'?

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The earliest recorded use of the word in English dates back to the 14th century, having existed earlier as 'invencion' in Old French. Both, however, are just a variation on the basic Latin verb 'invenire', meaning 'to discover/devise'. Sadly, you are never going to find out which individual Roman thought of it first!
06:47 Thu 25th May 2006
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I thought 'Necessity' was the mother of Invention.


Cant think who the father was, must have been an immaculate one.

18:32 Thu 25th May 2006

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