Where does “nuvelistic” come from?
nuvelistic (Romanian) comes from Romanian nuvelist, from French nouvelliste, from French Nouvelle, from Middle French nouvelle, from Old French novele, from Vulgar Latin novella, from Latin novellus, from Latin -ellus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
nuvelistic (Romanian): short story
Definitions
- short story
Ancestry of “nuvelistic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | nuvelist | short story writer |
| 2 | French | nouvelliste | novelist |
| 3 | French | Nouvelle | news, a piece of information |
| 4 | Middle French | nouvelle | feminine singular of nouveau |
| 5 | Old French | novele | article of news |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | novella | a newly planted vine or shoot; nominative... |
| 7 | Latin | novellus | new, young, fresh; novel, newly made |
| 8 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 9 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |