neophyte

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromνεόφυτος“newly planted”
2. Latin · borrowed fromneophytus
3. English todayneophyte

Borrowed from Latin neophytus, from Ancient Greek νεόφυτος (neóphutos, “newly planted”), from νέος (néos, “new”) + φυτόν (phutón, “plant, child”). By surface analysis, neo- + -phyte.