Where does “nova” come from?

nova (Finnish) comes from Latin novus, from Proto-Italic nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

nova (Finnish): nova sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star

Definitions

  1. nova sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star

Ancestry of “nova”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnovusnew, novel; fresh, young; recent
2Proto-Italicnowosnew
3Proto-Indo-European*néwos—

Words derived from “nova”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *néwos →Every word from Proto-Italic nowos →Every word from Latin novus →