Where does “Villanueva” come from?

Villanueva (Spanish) comes from Spanish villa, from Latin vīlla, from Latin vetera, from Latin vetus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Villanueva (Spanish): any of a large number of towns in various Spanish-speaking countries

Definitions

  1. any of a large number of towns in various Spanish-speaking countries

Ancestry of “Villanueva”, step by step

Villanueva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish villa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvillasmall town; villa; settlement with a minimum of...
2Latinvīllacountry house; villa
3Latinveterathe old; old times, ancient times, antiquity
4Latinvetusold, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;...
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

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

Words derived from “Villanueva

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin vetus