Proto-Indo-European

*nu

‘now’

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

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

• new ← neowe ← nēowe ← *niwi ← *niwjaz
• novel ← novellus ← novus ← *nowos ← *néwos
• newly ← nīewlīċe ← nīewe ← *niwi ← *niwjaz
• innovation ← innovacion ← innovatio ← innovo ← novō
• newer ← nīwra ← *niwizô ← *niwjaz ← *néwos
• nova ← novus ← *nowos ← *néwos
• renovation ← renovacion ← renovātiō ← renovō ← novō
• neon ← νέον ← νέος ← *newos ← *néwos
• novice ← novīcius ← novus ← *nowos ← *néwos
• innovate ← innovātus ← innovō ← novō ← *nowāō
• renovate ← renovat(e) ← renovātus ← renovō ← novō
• innovator ← innovō ← novō ← *nowāō ← *néweh₂ti

More words from *nu

• nuevo
• noo
• newness
• telenovela
• novitiate
• novation
• neoteric
• novate
• neoterize
• neanic
• novillo
• novelry
• novillero
• novillada
• novuss
• nudiustertian
• radionovela
• now

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *nu