novity

The story

1. Latin · derived fromnovitās“newness, novelty; rareness, strangeness; newness of rank; reformation”
2. Middle French · derived fromnovité“novelty, change, innovation”
3. Middle English · inherited fromnovitē“an innovative practice”
4. English todaynovity

Inherited from the Middle English novitē (“an innovative practice”), borrowed from Middle French novité (“novelty, change, innovation”), from the Latin novitās (“newness, novelty; rareness, strangeness; newness of rank; reformation”); cognate with the Italian novità, the Portuguese novidade, the Romanian noutate, and the Spanish novedad.