Where does “nova” come from?

nova (Italian) comes from New Latin nova, from Latin novus, from Proto-Italic nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

nova (Italian): nova; feminine singular of novo

Definitions

  1. nova; feminine singular of novo

Ancestry of “nova”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinnovanova; feminine nominative singular of novus;...
2Latinnovusnew, novel; fresh, young; recent
3Proto-Italicnowosnew
4Proto-Indo-European*néwos—

Words derived from “nova”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *néwos →Every word from Proto-Italic nowos →Every word from Latin novus →
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