Where does “novateur” come from?

novateur (French) comes from French nover, from Latin novare, from Latin novo, from Proto-Italic nowāō, from Proto-Indo-European néweh₂ti, from Proto-Indo-European néwos, from Proto-Indo-European new- — new; to nod, assent to.

novateur (French): an innovator; innovative

Definitions

  1. an innovator; innovative

Ancestry of “novateur”, step by step

novateur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French nover

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnoverto novate
2Latinnovarepresent active infinitive of novō; second-person...
3LatinnovoI make new, renew, refresh; I alter, change;...
4Proto-Italicnowāō
5Proto-Indo-Europeannéweh₂tito renew
6Proto-Indo-Europeannéwosnew
7Proto-Indo-Europeannew-new; to nod, assent to

via Latin novator

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnovatorsecond-person singular future passive imperative...

Words derived from “novateur

Every word from Proto-Indo-European new-Every word from Proto-Indo-European néwosEvery word from Proto-Indo-European néweh₂ti