Novem
/ˈnoʊ.wɛm/noun
Latin for "nine."
Did you know?Novem comes from the same ancient root as English nine, showing how Indo-European languages preserved a shared counting system thousands of years old.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₁néwn̥
“nine”
Proto-Italic
Italic
*newm̥
“nine”
Old Latin
Latin
novem
“nine”
Classical Latin
Latin
novem
“nine”
Modern English
English
nine
“the number 9”