Where does “novena” come from?

novena (Catalan) comes from Latin novēnus, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

novena (Catalan): feminine singular of novè; ninth; novena

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of novè; ninth; novena

Ancestry of “novena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinnovēnusNine each
2Latin-nus-an
3Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nósEvery word from Latin -nusEvery word from Latin novēnus