Where does “nobu” come from?
nobu (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese novo, from Old Portuguese novo, from Latin novus, from Proto-Italic nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.
nobu (Guinea-Bissau Creole): new
Ancestry of “nobu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | novo | new; young; original |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | novo | — |
| 3 | Latin | novus | new, novel; fresh, young; recent |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | nowos | new |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *néwos | — |