new

new · adjective, adverb, noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*nu
2. Proto-Indo-European*néwos
3. Proto-Germanic*niwjaz
4. Proto-West Germanic*niwi
5. Old Englishnīewe
6. Middle Englishnewe
7. English todaynew

From Middle English neowe, neue, new, newe, nywe, from Old English nēowe, nīewe, nīowe, nīwe, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz (“new”), from Proto-Indo-European *néwos, *néwyos (“new”). Compare also Old English nū (“now”). More at now. Doublet of nuevo, novuss, and neo-. Cognates Cognate with Scots new (“new”), North Frisian nai, nei, nii (“new”), Saterland Frisian näi (“new”), West Frisian nij (“new”), Alemannic German nöi, nüüw (“new”), Bavarian neich (“new”), Cimbrian naüge (“new”), Dutch nieuw, nij (“new”), Dutch Low Saxon nij (“new”), German neu, new, neuw (“new”), Low German nee, neei (“new”), Luxembourgish nei (“new”), Vilamovian noj, noü (“new”), Yiddish נײַ (nay, “new”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish ny (“new”), Faroese nýggjur (“new”), Icelandic nýr (“new”), Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌹𐍃 (niujis, “new”); also Breton nevez (“new”), Cornish nowydh, nowyth (“fresh, new”), Irish nua, nuadh (“new”), Manx noa (“fresh, new”), Scottish Gaelic nuadh (“fresh, new”), Welsh newydd (“new”), Latin novus (“new”), Greek νέος (néos, “young, youthful; modern, new”), Lithuanian naũjas (“new”), Belarusian но́вы (nóvy, “new”), Bulgarian and Macedonian нов (nov, “new”), Czech and Slovak nový (“new”), Polish nowy (“new”), Russian но́вый (nóvyj, “new”), Serbo-Croatian но̏в, nȍv (“new”), Slovene nov (“new”), Ukrainian нови́й (novýj, “new”), Armenian նոր (nor, “new”), Baluchi نوک (nok, “new”), Central Kurdish نوێ (nwê, “new”), Ossetian нӕуӕг (næwæg), ног (nog, “fresh, new; young”), Persian نو (naw / now, “new”), Mazanderani نو (nu, “new”), Northern Kurdish nû (“new”), Pashto نوی (nëway, “new”), Zazaki newe (“new”), Kamkata-viri nuy, nuyĩ (“new”), Prasuni unü (“new”), Hittite 𒉋𒀸 (nēwas, “fresh, new”), Luwian 𒈾𒀀𒌑𒉿𒋾 (nāúwati, “new”), Tocharian A ñu (“new”), Tocharian B ñuwe (“new”), Sanskrit नव (nava, “fresh, modern, new”), नव्य (navya, “new”).

New · proper noun²

1. Middle English · derived fromatten
2. English todayNew

* As an English surname, from the adjective new. * Also as an English surname, from a misdivision of Middle English atten ew (“at the yew”). * As a German and Jewish surname, Americanized from Neu. * As a Chinese surname, from a Romanization of 牛 (niú) (see Niu) and 梁 (liáng) (see Liang).

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