Where does “novice” come from?
Novice comes from Middle English novys, from Middle French novice, from Old French novice, from Latin novicia, the feminine form of novus meaning new, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European néwos or new-.
novice (English): A beginner; one who is not very familiar or...
Definitions
- A beginner; one who is not very familiar or...
Ancestry of “novice”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | novice | — |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | novice | — |
| 3 | Middle French | novice | — |
| 4 | Old French | novice | — |
| 5 | Late Latin | novicius | new, fresh |
| 6 | Latin | novīcius | new, fresh |
| 7 | Latin | -icius | -itious |
| 8 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |