Where does “noon” come from?
Noon comes from Middle English none, from Old French nonne, from Latin nōna (the ninth hour of the day), derived from Latin novem meaning nine.
noon (English): The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise;...
Definitions
- The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise;...
Ancestry of “noon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | noen | — |
| 2 | Old English | nōn | noon; the ninth hour; the ninth hour |
| 3 | Latin | nōna | nones canonical hour |
| 4 | Latin | nōnus | ninth |
| 5 | Latin | novenos | accusative masculine plural of novēnus |
| 6 | Latin | novem | nine; 9; first-person singular present active... |
| 7 | Latin | novo | I make new, renew, refresh; I alter, change;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | nowāō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | néweh₂ti | to renew |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |