Where does “nou” come from?

nou (Aromanian) comes from Latin novus, from Proto-Italic nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

nou (Aromanian): new

Definitions

  1. new

Ancestry of “nou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnovusnew, novel; fresh, young; recent
2Proto-Italicnowosnew
3Proto-Indo-European*néwos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *néwos →Every word from Proto-Italic nowos →Every word from Latin novus →