Where does “novennial” come from?
novennial (English) comes from English novennium, from Latin novennium, from Latin novennis, from Latin novem, from Latin novo, from Proto-Italic nowāō, from Proto-Indo-European néweh₂ti, from Proto-Indo-European néwos — new; to nod, assent to.
novennial (English): Done or recurring every ninth year
Definitions
- Done or recurring every ninth year
Ancestry of “novennial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | novennium | A nine-year period or cycle |
| 2 | Latin | novennium | 9-year |
| 3 | Latin | novennis | of nine years |
| 4 | Latin | novem | nine; 9; first-person singular present active... |
| 5 | Latin | novo | I make new, renew, refresh; I alter, change;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | nowāō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | néweh₂ti | to renew |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |