Where does “novriĉulo” come from?
novriĉulo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto riĉulo, from Esperanto riĉa, from English Rich, from English Richard, from Middle English Rycharde, from Old French Richard, from Medieval Latin Richardus, from Frankish Rīkahard — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
novriĉulo (Esperanto): nouveau riche, new money, parvenu
Definitions
- nouveau riche, new money, parvenu
Ancestry of “novriĉulo”, step by step
novriĉulo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto riĉulo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | riĉulo | rich person |
| 2 | Esperanto | riĉa | rich |
| 3 | English | Rich | having a lot of money and possessions |
| 4 | English | Richard | A turd |
| 5 | Middle English | Rycharde | — |
| 6 | Old French | Richard | — |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | Richardus | — |
| 8 | Frankish | Rīkahard | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | Rīkaharduz | A male given name |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | rīks | king, ruler |
| 11 | Proto-Celtic | rīxs | king |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rḗǵs | king, ruler |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |
via Esperanto nova
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | nova | new |
| 2 | English | novel | Newly made, formed or evolved; having no... |
| 3 | Italian | novella | feminine singular of novello; tale, story, short... |
| 4 | Latin | novella | a newly planted vine or shoot; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | novellus | new, young, fresh; novel, newly made |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |