Where does “novelettist” come from?
novelettist (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.
novelettist (English): A writer of novelettes
Definitions
- A writer of novelettes
Ancestry of “novelettist”, step by step
novelettist 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 ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |