Where does “nun” come from?

Nun comes from Old English nunne, from Latin nonna, from Latin nonnus, from Proto-Indo-European nana-, a nursery word for grandmother or elder woman.

nun (English): A member of a Christian religious community of...

Definitions

  1. A member of a Christian religious community of...

Ancestry of “nun”, step by step

nun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic نُون

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicنُونthe letter ن

via Hebrew Nun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HebrewNun

Words derived from “nun

Every word from Arabic نُون