English
Neo-Confucian
From neo- + Confucian.
Proto-Indo-European *nu ‘now’
Proto-Indo-European *néwos ‘new’
Proto-Hellenic *néwos ‘new’
Ancient Greek νέος ‘young’
English neo-
Today it means
adj Of or relating to Neo-Confucianism.
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Etymograph / Neo-Confucian