Where does “novo” come from?

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

Ancestry of “novo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “novo”

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