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Where does “nou” come from?

nou (Romanian) comes from Latin novus, from Proto-Italic nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

nou (Romanian): new

Definitions

  1. new

Ancestry of “nou”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nou”

  • din nou
  • înnoi
  • reînnoi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *néwos →