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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=1211, account book|origins=ine-pro *néwos}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈnwɔ.vo/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nuovo''' (feminine nuova, masculine plural nuovi, feminine plural nuove, superlative nuovissimo)^(Wiktionary)

+ The form without the diphthong, [[novo]], is literary, popular or regional.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(Gabrielli 2020)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|la|novus|t=new]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary) The word is pan-Romance: [[fr|neuf]], [[oc|nuou]], [[ca|nou]], [[es|nuevo]], [[pt|novo]], [[fur|ñuf]], [[sc|nou]] and [[ro|nou]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(REW 1935)^(Körting 1907)

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+ The Latin adjective comes from [[itc-pro|*nowos]], from [[ine-pro|*néwos|t=new]], which may itself be built on the word for “now”.^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008) It belongs to the shared vocabulary of the Indo-European languages: [[grc|νέος|tr=néos]], [[sa|नव|tr=náva]], [[hit|nēu̯a-]], [[cu|новъ|tr=novŭ]], [[got|𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌹𐍃|tr=niujis]] and [[en|new]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Devoto notes that the Germanic and Celtic forms continue an extended stem in ⟨-yo-⟩.^(Devoto 1968|299)^(de Vaan 2008) Wiktionary explains that the Latin form did not become ⟨*nuus⟩ because its ⟨-ow-⟩ stood in the first syllable, while ⟨*dē nowōd⟩ “anew” did become [[m|la|dēnuō]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's first record is an account book of 1211, with the sense “made, known or happened recently, seen for the first time”.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003) The feminine used as a noun, ''nuova'' “news”, follows in the 13th century in the Anonimo Genovese.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The adjective has kept its Latin range from the start.^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI) Cielo d'Alcamo's lover offers “to esto cortello novo” (take this new knife) to the woman who refuses him.^(GDLI|11, 676) Dante's ''Vita nuova'' uses the word for “youthful”, and the literary superlative ''novissimo'' “last” comes from [[la|novissimus]]: the ''quattro novissimi'' are death, judgement, hell and paradise.^(Prati 1951|704)

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+ Set phrases followed: ''il nuovo mondo'' for America, ''nuovo di zecca'' “brand new” (literally “new from the mint”), and the proverb ''anno nuovo, vita nuova'' “new year, new life”.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011) ''Nuovo di trinca'' “brand new” has parallels in Catalan, Spanish and Portuguese.^(REW 1935) Since the 13th century ''nuova'' has meant “news”, and ''novista'' was once a person who kept up with the news.^(DELI 1999)^(Prati 1951|704)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1211 – ''Nuovo'' appears in an account book.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 13th century – ''Nuova'' “news” is recorded in the Anonimo Genovese.^(DELI 1999)

+ * End of the 12th century – ''Rinnovare'', from [[la|renovo|alt=renovāre]], is recorded.^(Nocentini 2010)

+ * 14th century – ''Innovare'' is recorded.^(Nocentini 2010)

+ * 1841 – ''Rinnovo'' appears.^(Nocentini 2010)

+ * 1957 – ''Innovativo'' appears.^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|new]], made, built or happened recently: ''Hanno aperto un nuovo ponte sul fiume.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # Just bought, not yet used; also, though used, still in very good condition: ''La bici è come nuova.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

+ # Seen, heard or met for the first time, [[m|en|unfamiliar]]: ''Questo nome non mi è nuovo.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # Just begun or about to begin: ''la settimana nuova''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # Of crops, from the latest harvest: ''olio nuovo''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

+ # Another, further: ''Servono nuovi fondi.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Gabrielli 2020)

+ # Different, renewed, often for the better: ''un nuovo inizio''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # Recently appointed to a role: ''il nuovo allenatore''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # [[m|en|inexperienced]], new to something: ''Sono nuovo del mestiere.''^(GRADIT 2003)

+ # Seen as a second version of a famous person: ''un nuovo Leonardo''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # What is new, novelty: ''Che c'è di nuovo?''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

+ # ''(commerce)'' New goods, as against used ones.^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nuova]]

+ * [[nuovamente]]

+ * [[seminuovo]]

+ * [[nuovismo]]

+ * [[nuovista]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[novità]]

+ * [[novizio]]

+ * [[novello]]

+ * [[rinnovare]]

+ * [[innovare]]

+ * [[innovazione]]

+ * [[la|novus]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Di nuovo'' means “again”.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) Before a noun the adjective often means “another, different” (''un nuovo libro''), after it “recently made” (''un libro nuovo'').^(GRADIT 2003)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}