Where does “nouveau-né” come from?
nouveau-né (French) comes from French nouveau, from Middle French nouveau, from Old French novel, from Latin novellus, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
nouveau-né (French): newborn
Definitions
- newborn
Ancestry of “nouveau-né”, step by step
nouveau-né traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French nouveau
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | nouveau | new; New person, new thing |
| 2 | Middle French | nouveau | new |
| 3 | Old French | novel | new |
| 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 |
via French né
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | né | past participle of naître; Alternative form of ne |
| 2 | Middle French | ne | not; Alternative form of ny |
| 3 | Old French | né | past participle of naistre; born |
| 4 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 5 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |