Where does “novel” come from?
novel (Spanish) comes from Catalan novell, from Old Catalan novell, from Latin novellus, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
novel (Spanish): novel, new; newbie, green
Definitions
- novel, new; newbie, green
Ancestry of “novel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | novell | new, novel; who is a newcomer; newborn |
| 2 | Old Catalan | novell | — |
| 3 | Latin | novellus | new, young, fresh; novel, newly made |
| 4 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |