coinvent

verb

co·​in·​vent ˌkō-in-ˈvent 

variants or co-invent

coinvented or co-invented; coinventing or co-inventing

transitive verb

: to invent (something) with one or more other people

… tells us much about Jacques-Yves Cousteau, the restlessly creative oceanographer-cinematographer who … coinvented the Aqua-Lung in 1943 …

—Robert Higgins

… the engineer who co-invented the first popular microprocessor.

—Julie Pitta

coinventor

ˌkō-in-ˈven-tər 

noun

or co-inventor

plural coinventors or co-inventors

One of the co-inventors of the original lithium-ion battery himself is taking another tack toward solid-state electrolytes …

—Nathan Hurst

Word History

First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined above