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Where does “Novelle” come from?

Novelle (German) comes from Italian novella, from Latin novella, from Latin novellus, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Novelle (German): novella; amendment

Definitions

  1. novella; amendment

Ancestry of “Novelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannovellafeminine singular of novello; tale, story, short...
2Latinnovellaa newly planted vine or shoot; nominative...
3Latinnovellusnew, young, fresh; novel, newly made
4Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos—
7Proto-Italic-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “Novelle”

  • novelo
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