Where does “noucentisme” come from?
noucentisme (Catalan) comes from Catalan cents, from Catalan cent, from English cent, from Middle English cent, from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom.
noucentisme (Catalan): a Catalan cultural movement of the early 20th century
Definitions
- a Catalan cultural movement of the early 20th century
Ancestry of “noucentisme”, step by step
noucentisme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan cents
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | cents | masculine plural of cent; hundreds |
| 2 | Catalan | cent | hundred; cent |
| 3 | English | cent | A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of... |
| 4 | Middle English | cent | — |
| 5 | Old French | cent | one hundred |
| 6 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 7 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Catalan nou
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | nou | new; nine; nut |
| 2 | Latin | novem | nine; 9; first-person singular present active... |
| 3 | Latin | novo | I make new, renew, refresh; I alter, change;... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | nowāō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néweh₂ti | to renew |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |