Where does “novelisto” come from?

novelisto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto novelo, from French Nouvelle, from Middle French nouvelle, from Old French novele, from Vulgar Latin novella, from Latin novellus, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

novelisto (Esperanto): novella writer, short story writer

Definitions

  1. novella writer, short story writer

Ancestry of “novelisto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantonoveloshort story
2FrenchNouvellenews, a piece of information
3Middle Frenchnouvellefeminine singular of nouveau
4Old Frenchnovelearticle of news
5Vulgar Latinnovellaa newly planted vine or shoot; nominative...
6Latinnovellusnew, young, fresh; novel, newly made
7Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
8Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
9Proto-Italic-olos
10Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
11Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
12Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin -ellus