nov-, novo-, novi- +
(Latin: new, recent)
novoscope
An instrument formerly used for auscultatory percussion.
novoverbifaction
A passion for combining Latin and Greek roots and affixes in new ways.
novus ordo seclorum
A new order of the ages [is born]
or a new world order.
Adapted from Vergil, this motto appears on the Great Seal of the United States and it is Yale University's founding slogan. See annuit coeptis
Quid novi?
What's new?
renovate
1. To bring something; such as, a building, back to a former better condition by means of repairs, redecoration, or remodeling.
2. To restore to something back to good condition; to make new or as if new again; to repair.
3. To give new vigor to someone or something.
renovated
1. Repaired and improved; especially, a building.
2. Anything torn down and rebuilt; usually, a new structure.
renovating
1. Restoring to a previous or better condition.
2. Repairing and improving something; especially, a building.
renovation
1. The act of improving by renewing and restoring.
2. The state of having something restored to its former good condition.
vis nova
New power, new energy.
Cross references of word families related to: "new, recent":
cen-, ceno-;
ne-, neo-.
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