The prefix "neo-" means "new," "recent," "revived," or "modified"
. It is a combining form used to create compound words
. Neo- is often used to describe a revival of a genre, with some differences from the original, or the application of a genre's influences to another style
. Neo- also has meanings outside of being a prefix:
- Translingual From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new, young”)
- Old English From Proto-West Germanic **nawi , from Proto-Germanic **nawiz , * nawaz (“corpse”), from Proto-Indo-European **neh₂w- (“the deceased, corpse”)
- Scottish Gaelic Alternative form of no
- Spanish Noun
- Abbreviation Near-Earth object
