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The word seems to have originated, to describe a potato, in New Zealand in the 1840's. The original in English referred to a 'small knife'. in German as a 'spear or lance' and later again in English as 'a short or stumpy person or thing'.
new.
new, modern, young
The name means "Bright New House" and was originally borne in honor of St. Francis Xavier (1506 - 52), a famous Spanish missionary to Japan and the East Indies and the patron saint of missionaries in foreign lands
It is English and it's the name of one of the prehistoric ages. The word formation means neo = new and lithos=stone. If I'm not mistaken, it's when prehistoric people started making spear edges and blades out of stones