noun, feminine/noˈbela/plural: novelas
novel; soap opera, telenovela
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Italic *nowos Latin novus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Latin novellus Vulgar Latin *novella Italian novellabor. Spanish novela Borrowed from Italian novella (“tale”).