Where does “noval” come from?

noval (Galician) comes from Latin novalis, from Latin novus, from Proto-Italic nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

noval (Galician): land ploughed for the first time

Definitions

  1. land ploughed for the first time

Ancestry of “noval”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnovalisunploughed or fallow land
2Latinnovusnew, novel; fresh, young; recent
3Proto-Italicnowosnew
4Proto-Indo-European*néwos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *néwos →Every word from Proto-Italic nowos →Every word from Latin novus →