Where does “Hun” come from?

Hun comes from Middle English Huns, from Old English Hūnas, from Late Latin Hunnus, from Koine Greek Χοῦνοι, referring to the nomadic people of Central Asia.

Hun (English): A member of a nomadic tribe, the Huns, most...

Definitions

  1. A member of a nomadic tribe, the Huns, most...

Ancestry of “Hun”, step by step

Hun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English Hun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishHun—
2Old EnglishHūnasthe Huns
3LatinHunniHuns
4Ancient GreekΟὗννοςHun

via Middle English Huns

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishHuns—
Every word from Ancient Greek Οὗννος →Every word from Latin Hunni →Every word from Old English Hūnas →