Where does “novena” come from?

novena (Indonesian) comes from Ecclesiastical Latin novena, from Latin novēnus, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

novena (Indonesian): novena

Definitions

  1. novena

Ancestry of “novena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ecclesiastical Latinnovenanovena; nominative feminine singular of novēnus;...
2LatinnovēnusNine each
3Latin-nus-an
4Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin novēnus →