Where does “Casanova” come from?
Casanova (Galician) comes from Galician nova, from Galician novo, from Old Portuguese novo, from Latin novus, from Proto-Italic nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.
Ancestry of “Casanova”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Galician | nova | item of news; feminine singular of novo; nova |
| 2 | Galician | novo | the young people; new; young |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | novo | — |
| 4 | Latin | novus | new, novel; fresh, young; recent |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | nowos | new |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *néwos | — |