Where does “nobena” come from?

nobena (Tagalog) comes from Spanish novena, from Spanish noveno, from Old Spanish noveno, from Latin novēnus, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

nobena (Tagalog): novena

Definitions

  1. novena

Ancestry of “nobena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishnovenafeminine singular of noveno; novena
2Spanishnovenoninth
3Old Spanishnovenoninth
4LatinnovēnusNine each
5Latin-nus-an
6Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nósEvery word from Latin -nusEvery word from Latin novēnus
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