Proto-Indo-European

*new-

‘to nod’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *new-.

20 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *new-, most familiar first.

• need ← neden ← nēodian ← nēod ← *niudi
• novel ← novellus ← novus ← *nowos ← *néwos
• renew ← renewen
• novice ← novīcius ← novus ← *nowos ← *néwos
• novella ← novellus
• nouveau ← novel ← novellus
• renovate ← renovat(e) ← renovātus ← renovō ← novō
• innuendo ← innuendum ← innuō ← *nuō ← *nowō
• needful ← needeful ← nēodful ← nēod ← *niudi
• numinous ← nūmen ← *nuō ← *nowō
• numen ← *nuō ← *nowō
• nutation ← nūtātiō ← nūtō ← *nuō ← *nowō

More words from *new-

• novate
• innuendis
• needly
• neoterize
• neusis
• novity
• nudzh
• numinosity

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *new-