Where does “nova” come from?

Nova comes from Latin novus, meaning "new," from Proto-Indo-European néwos, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root new-.

nova (English): Any sudden brightening of a previously...

Definitions

  1. Any sudden brightening of a previously...

Ancestry of “nova”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnovusnew, novel; fresh, young; recent
2Proto-Italicnowosnew
3Proto-Indo-European*néwos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *néwos →Every word from Proto-Italic nowos →Every word from Latin novus →