newo-

New. Related to nu-.

Derivatives include neon and nova.

1. Suffixed form *new-yo-.

a. new, from Old English nēowe, nīwe, new;

b. Nynorsk, span-new, from Old Norse nȳr, new. Both a and b from Germanic *neuja-.

2. Basic form *newo-. neo-, neon, neoteric; misoneism, from Greek newos, neos, new.

3. Suffixed form *new-aro-. aneroid, from Greek nēron, water, from nēros, fresh (used of fish and of water), contracted from nearos, young, fresh.

4. Basic form *newo-. nova, novation, novel¹, novel², novelty, novice, novillada, novillero; innovate, renovate, from Latin novus, new.

5. Suffixed form *new-er-ko-. novercal, from Latin noverca, stepmother (< “she who is new”).

 

[Pokorny neu̯os 769.]

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