new-

new-

See also: new, New, and ñew

English

Prefix

new-

1. newly, recently

   newborn

   newfound

2. anew, again, re-

   newcreate

   newmodel

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with new, used as a combining form to form words which have a hyphen.
• Possibly productive in early modern English.
• Most words beginning with new and spelled without a hyphen are respellings of words that acquired a prefix in Middle or Old English.

Derived terms

• newcreate
• newfashion
• new-laid
• newlaid
• newland
• newmodel
• newmown

 

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Translations

newly

Greek: νέο- m (néo-)

Icelandic: ný-

Anagrams

• Wen, wen