myEtymology.com: English etymology of novelist

Etymology of the English word novelist

the English word novelist

derived from the English word novel

derived from the Old Italian word novella

derived from the Vulgar Latin word novella (news)

derived from the Latin word novellus (young, tender)

derived from the Late Latin word novus (new, fresh, young)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *newo-

using the English suffix -ist

derived from the Latin suffix -ista

derived from the Greek suffix -istes