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Where does “nuna” come from?

nuna (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto nun, from German nun, from Middle High German nu, from Old High German nu, from Proto-Germanic nu, from Proto-Indo-European nū — now.

nuna (Esperanto): present, current, of the present time

Definitions

  1. present, current, of the present time

Ancestry of “nuna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantonunnow
2Germannunnow, at this moment; now, then; unstressed and...
3Middle High Germannu—
4Old High Germannu—
5Proto-Germanicnunow
6Proto-Indo-Europeannūnow
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