Where does “novità” come from?
novità (Romansch) comes from Latin novitatem, from Latin novitas, from Proto-Italic nowotāts, from Proto-Indo-European néwoteh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
novità (Romansch): news item, item of news
Ancestry of “novità”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | novitatem | accusative singular of novitās |
| 2 | Latin | novitas | newness, novelty; rareness, strangeness; newness... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | nowotāts | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | néwoteh₂ts | newness |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |