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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.

English novel

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English novelize

From novel + -ize.

To adapt something to a fictional form, especially to adapt into a novel. Herbert was able to novelize his experiences as a soldier into a compelling action drama.
dated To innovate. […] the novelizing spirit of man lives by variety, and the new faces of things.