Which one of the following generalizations about inventions is most analogous to the author's point about innovation ...

Ross-Rinehart on February 14, 2022

What’s the point the author makes about innovations in language? According to the first sentences, they’re “never completely new” and “they drag their old meanings along with them.” So, we’re looking for something that reflects that point of view — that an innovation on X carries connotations from the original version of X. (C) captures this well — it shows new inventions “usually consists of components that are already available,” which matches the author’s view that inventions are “never completely new,” even if the inventions are “made to function in new ways.”