Where does “nonna” come from?

nonna (English) comes from Italian nonna, from Latin nonna, from Latin nonnus, from Proto-Indo-European nana-.

nonna (English): grandmother

Definitions

  1. grandmother

Ancestry of “nonna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannonnagrandmother, granny
2Latinnonnanun
3Latinnonnusmonk; tutor; old person
4Proto-Indo-Europeannana-—

Words derived from “nonna”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nana- →