novato
/noˈbato/ · B1 · adj
beginner, newbie, rookie, novice
🐣 novato shares a root with novice and novel: Latin novus, new
Novato comes from the Latin novus, meaning new, the same root as nuevo, novice and novel. A novato is someone new to something. The ending -ato works like the English -ate, so the word roughly means one who is made new.