Where does “un” come from?
un (Corsican) comes from Italian non, from Latin nōn, from Old Latin noenum, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.
un (Corsican): a, an
Ancestry of “un”, step by step
un traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian non
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | non | not; un-; don't |
| 2 | Latin | nōn | not |
| 3 | Old Latin | noenum | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | óynos | one; single |
via Latin ūnus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | ūnus | one, single |
| 2 | Old Latin | oinos | one |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | oinos | cardinal number
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| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁óynos | one |