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Where does “novjorkano” come from?

novjorkano (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto Novjorko, from Esperanto nov-, from Esperanto nova, from English novel, from Italian novella, from Latin novella, from Latin novellus, from Latin -ellus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

novjorkano (Esperanto): a New Yorker, an inhabitant or resident of New...

Definitions

  1. a New Yorker, an inhabitant or resident of New...

Ancestry of “novjorkano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EsperantoNovjorkoNew York City
2Esperantonov-new
3Esperantonovanew
4EnglishnovelNewly made, formed or evolved; having no...
5Italiannovellafeminine singular of novello; tale, story, short...
6Latinnovellaa newly planted vine or shoot; nominative...
7Latinnovellusnew, young, fresh; novel, newly made
8Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
9Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
10Proto-Italic-olos—
11Proto-Italic-elos—
12Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
13Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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