Where does “novum” come from?

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

novum (Dutch): a novelty, a novum

Definitions

  1. a novelty, a novum

Ancestry of “novum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnovumneuter nominative singular of novus; masculine...
2Latinnovusnew, novel; fresh, young; recent
3Proto-Italicnowosnew
4Proto-Indo-European*néwos—

Words derived from “novum”

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