Where does “noveboracensis” come from?

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

noveboracensis (Latin): New York

Definitions

  1. New York

Ancestry of “noveboracensis”, step by step

noveboracensis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin novus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnovusnew, novel; fresh, young; recent
2Proto-Italicnowosnew
3Proto-Indo-European*néwos—

via Latin Eborācum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinEborācumEboracum, a fort and city in Roman Britain, which evolved into York
2Proto-Brythonic*EβrọgYork
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *néwos →Every word from Proto-Italic nowos →Every word from Latin novus →