new

English

/njuː/, /n(j)u/, /njʉː/

adj
Definitions
  • Recently made, or created.
  • Additional; recently discovered.
  • Current or later, as opposed to former.
  • Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.
  • In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.
  • Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
  • Newborn.
  • Of recent origin; having taken place recently.
  • Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.
  • Recently arrived or appeared.
  • Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.
  • (of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English newe inherited from Old English nīwe inherited from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz (new, young, fresh) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *néwyos (new), *new- (nod, wave, push, incline, move, assent to, tend).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*new-

Gloss

nod, wave, push, incline, move, assent to, tend

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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