Where does “nuevo” come from?

nuevo (English) comes from Spanish nuevo, from Old Spanish nuevo, from Latin novus, from Proto-Italic nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

nuevo (English): New or novel, usually in reference to Latin...

Definitions

  1. New or novel, usually in reference to Latin...

Ancestry of “nuevo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishnuevonew; brand new, all-new; fresh
2Old Spanishnuevo—
3Latinnovusnew, novel; fresh, young; recent
4Proto-Italicnowosnew
5Proto-Indo-European*néwos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *néwos →Every word from Proto-Italic nowos →Every word from Latin novus →