Where does “nuvelică” come from?
nuvelică (Romanian) comes from Romanian nuvelă, from French Nouvelle, from Middle French nouvelle, from Old French novele, from Vulgar Latin novella, from Latin novellus, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
nuvelică (Romanian): small novella
Definitions
- small novella
Ancestry of “nuvelică”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | nuvelă | novella, short story |
| 2 | French | Nouvelle | news, a piece of information |
| 3 | Middle French | nouvelle | feminine singular of nouveau |
| 4 | Old French | novele | article of news |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | novella | a newly planted vine or shoot; nominative... |
| 6 | Latin | novellus | new, young, fresh; novel, newly made |
| 7 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |