Where does “Nouvelle” come from?
Nouvelle (French) comes from Middle French nouvelle, from Old French novele, from Vulgar Latin novella, from Latin novellus, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Nouvelle (French): news, a piece of information
Definitions
- news, a piece of information
Ancestry of “Nouvelle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | nouvelle | feminine singular of nouveau |
| 2 | Old French | novele | article of news |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | novella | a newly planted vine or shoot; nominative... |
| 4 | Latin | novellus | new, young, fresh; novel, newly made |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |