Where does “no” come from?
no (Fala) comes from Fala en, from Old Portuguese en, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
no (Fala): in the
Ancestry of “no”, step by step
no traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Fala en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Fala | en | in |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | en | in |
| 3 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Fala o
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Fala | o | or |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | o | the |
| 3 | Latin | illo | ablative masculine singular of ille; ablative... |