Where does “novo” come from?
novo (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese novo, from Latin novus, from Proto-Italic nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.
novo (Portuguese): new; young; original
Ancestry of “novo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | novo | — |
| 2 | Latin | novus | new, novel; fresh, young; recent |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | nowos | new |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *néwos | — |
Words derived from “novo”