Novelette
/ˌnɒv.əˈlɛt/noun
A short novel or a brief prose fiction work.
Did you know?Novelette comes through French from Latin novellus, a diminutive of novus, so even the word itself carries the idea of something freshly made or newly born.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*newos
“new”
Latin
Latin
novus
“new”
Late Latin
Latin
novellus
“little new one; young; fresh”
Old French
Old French
novel
“new; recent; a short tale”
English
English
novelette
“a short novel or brief prose narrative”