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Where does “νυνί” come from?

νυνί (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek νῦν, from Proto-Indo-European nū — now.

νυνί (Ancient Greek): now, at this moment

Definitions

  1. now, at this moment

Ancestry of “νυνί”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekνῦνnow, at this time; 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeannūnow
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