new

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Made, created, or bought recently.

   The band just released a new album.

2. 2
   adj

   Different from before; replacing something earlier.

   My new car is much better than my old one.

3. 3
   adj

   Not known or experienced before; unfamiliar.

   Moving abroad gave her many new experiences.

4. 4
   adj

   Recently joined and lacking training or experience.

   The new employees were eager to learn.

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Simplified etymology

New is an Old English word descended from the same ancient root as Latin novus, “new.” The Latin branch also gave English innovate, novel, novice, and renovate.

From Middle English newe, from Old English nīewe, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwyos (“new”), from *néwos. 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…

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