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

Definitions

  1. in the

Ancestry of “no”, step by step

no traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Fala en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Falaenin
2Old Portugueseenin
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Fala o

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Falaoor
2Old Portugueseothe
3Latinilloablative masculine singular of ille; ablative...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Proto-Italic enEvery word from Latin en