Where does “novă” come from?
novă (Romanian) comes from French nover, from Latin novare, from Latin novo, from Proto-Italic nowāō, from Proto-Indo-European néweh₂ti, from Proto-Indo-European néwos, from Proto-Indo-European new- — new; to nod, assent to.
novă (Romanian): nova
Definitions
- nova
Ancestry of “novă”, step by step
novă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French nover
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | nover | to novate |
| 2 | Latin | novare | present active infinitive of novō; second-person... |
| 3 | Latin | novo | I make new, renew, refresh; I alter, change;... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | nowāō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néweh₂ti | to renew |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |
via French nova
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | nova | nova; third-person singular past historic of... |