means A novice is a beginner — someone new to a skill, role, or practice and still learning the basics.

from From Latin 'novicius,' meaning 'newly arrived' or 'fresh,' built on 'novus' ('new') — the same root that gives us 'novel' and 'innovate.' It came into English through Old French 'novice,' and carried a particular religious flavor: a novice was a probationer in a monastery or convent, newly admitted and not yet bound by vows, still serving out their period of testing. So at its heart the word simply means 'one of the new ones.'