Where does “novena” come from?

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

novena (Ecclesiastical Latin): novena; nominative feminine singular of novēnus;...

Definitions

  1. novena; nominative feminine singular of novēnus;...

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

Words derived from “novena”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin novēnus →