Recently made, created, or started; not existing before. It can also mean different from what was before or not previously owned or used by someone.
From Old English 'niwe', related to German 'neu' and Latin 'novus', all meaning 'new'. It is an ancient Indo-European root.
The idea of 'new' is one of the oldest in language, yet it always points to what has never existed before. Many languages use the same root to talk about 'news'—literally, the 'new things' worth telling others.
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