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Where does “novelle” come from?

novelle (English) comes from Italian novella, from Latin novella, from Latin novellus, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

novelle (English): plural of novella "but only" in the sense of a...

Definitions

  1. plural of novella "but only" in the sense of a...

Ancestry of “novelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannovellafeminine singular of novello; tale, story, short...
2Latinnovellaa newly planted vine or shoot; nominative...
3Latinnovellusnew, young, fresh; novel, newly made
4Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos—
7Proto-Italic-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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