Where does “noi” come from?

noi (Catalan) comes from Vulgar Latin novius, from Latin novus, from Proto-Italic nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

noi (Catalan): boy, young man

Definitions

  1. boy, young man

Ancestry of “noi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinnoviusnewly wed; newly married
2Latinnovusnew, novel; fresh, young; recent
3Proto-Italicnowosnew
4Proto-Indo-European*néwos—

Words derived from “noi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *néwos →Every word from Proto-Italic nowos →Every word from Latin novus →