Where does “Nueva Vizcaya” come from?

Nueva Vizcaya (Spanish) comes from Spanish nueva, from Spanish nuevo, from Old Spanish nuevo, from Latin novus, from Proto-Italic nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

Ancestry of “Nueva Vizcaya”, step by step

Nueva Vizcaya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish nueva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishnuevafeminine singular of nuevo; news, novelty
2Spanishnuevonew; brand new, all-new; fresh
3Old Spanishnuevo—
4Latinnovusnew, novel; fresh, young; recent
5Proto-Italicnowosnew
6Proto-Indo-European*néwos—

via Spanish Vizcaya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishVizcaya—
2Basquebizkarback
3Proto-Basque*bizkaRback
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *néwos →