Where does “novitiat” come from?
novitiat (Middle French) comes from Latin novitiatus, from Latin novitius, from Latin novus, from Proto-Italic nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.
Ancestry of “novitiat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | novitiatus | a novitiate |
| 2 | Latin | novitius | a novice; new, newly arrived |
| 3 | Latin | novus | new, novel; fresh, young; recent |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | nowos | new |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *néwos | — |