Novice
Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin novicius, from novus ‘new’.
wiktionary
From Middle English novice, novys, from Anglo-Norman novice, Middle French novice, itself borrowed from Latin novīcius, later novitius(“new, newly arrived”) (in Late Latin as a noun, masculine novicius, feminine novicia(“one who has newly entered a monastery or a convent”)), from novus(“new”).
etymonline
novice (n.)
mid-14c., "probationer in a religious order," from Old French novice "beginner" (12c.), from Medieval Latin novicius, noun use of Latin novicius "newly imported, newly arrived, inexperienced" (of slaves), from novus "new" (see new). Meaning "inexperienced person, one new to his circumstances" is attested from early 15c. As an adjective, "having the character of a beginner; befitting a novice," from 1520s.
