novice

Etymology

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”).

noun

1. A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.
   I'm only a novice at coding, and my programs frequently have bugs that more experienced programmers would avoid.
2. (religion) A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation.
   Nor had it been difficult to find a Coptic priest who, together with his youthful novice, chanted the seemingly interminable Egyptian service of the dead […] 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), page 1137