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Where does “nona” come from?

nona (Cimbrian) comes from Venetian nona, from Late Latin nonna — nun, tutor.

nona (Cimbrian): grandmother

Definitions

  1. grandmother

Ancestry of “nona”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Venetiannonagrandmother
2Late Latinnonnanun, tutor
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