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Where does “novelerie” come from?

novelerie (Old French) comes from Old French novel, from Latin novellus, 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.

novelerie (Old French): novelty; change

Definitions

  1. novelty; change

Ancestry of “novelerie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnovelnew
2Latinnovellusnew, young, fresh; novel, newly made
3Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos—
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “novelerie”

  • novelry
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