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Where does “novellus” come from?

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

novellus (Latin): new, young, fresh; novel, newly made

Definitions

  1. new, young, fresh; novel, newly made

Ancestry of “novellus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elos—
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “novellus”

  • novel
  • novelty
  • novelist
  • novella
  • novelistic
  • bupivacaine
  • novelette
  • telenovela
  • novelle
  • novelization
  • levobupivacaine
  • novelesque
  • novelly
  • novelistically
  • antinovel
  • novelize
  • novelism
  • novillada
  • photonovel
  • noveldom
  • novelettish
  • novelise
  • novelish
  • holonovel
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