Reconstruction:Latin/novium

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Related to novus (“new”), perhaps representing a borrowing of some descendant of Proto-Indo-European *néwyos. Possibly documented in the personal name Novius, a hapax from southern Italy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔβju/

Noun

*novium m (Proto-Western-Romance)

1. newlywed

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/ˈnɔβjos/	*/ˈnɔβji/?
oblique	*/ˈnɔβju/	*/ˈnɔβjos/

Descendants

• Gallo-Romance:
  • Occitan: novi
  • Old Catalan: novi
    • Catalan: nuvi
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Portuguese: noivo
  • Spanish: novio (see there for further descendants)
• → Berber: tenunbia

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “nuevo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 246