Where does “un” come from?
un (Chamorro) comes from Spanish un, from Old Spanish un, from Old Spanish uno, from Latin ūnus, from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic oinos, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.
un (Chamorro): thou, you; a, an
Ancestry of “un”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | un | Apocopic form of uno one; a |
| 2 | Old Spanish | un | — |
| 3 | Old Spanish | uno | — |
| 4 | Latin | ūnus | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | oinos | one |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | oinos | cardinal number
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| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | óynos | one; single |