Where does “novelettish” come from?
novelettish (English) comes from English novelette, from English novel, from Italian novella, from Latin novella, from Latin novellus, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
novelettish (English): Resembling or characteristic of a novelette
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a novelette
Ancestry of “novelettish”, step by step
novelettish traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English novelette
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | novelette | A short novel; A short piece of lyrical music,... |
| 2 | English | novel | Newly made, formed or evolved; having no... |
| 3 | Italian | novella | feminine singular of novello; tale, story, short... |
| 4 | Latin | novella | a newly planted vine or shoot; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | novellus | new, young, fresh; novel, newly made |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English ish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ish | Pronunciation spelling of is; somewhat,... |
| 2 | English | -ish | Typical of, similar to, being like; Somewhat,... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ish | Alternative form of -yssh |
| 4 | Old English | -isċ | -ish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -isk | Creates adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |