Where does “aucune” come from?
aucune (French) comes from French aucun, from Old French alcun, from Vulgar Latin alicunus, from Latin aliquis, from Latin aliquo, from Latin quō, from Latin quī, from Latin -cumque — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
aucune (French): feminine singular of aucun
Definitions
- feminine singular of aucun
Ancestry of “aucune”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | aucun | no, none, not any; none, no-one |
| 2 | Old French | alcun | Alternative form of aucun |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | alicunus | some |
| 4 | Latin | aliquis | someone, something, anyone, anything; some, any |
| 5 | Latin | aliquo | somewhither, to somewhere |
| 6 | Latin | quō | whither, whereto, where |
| 7 | Latin | quī | who, that, which, what |
| 8 | Latin | -cumque | Used to derive indefinite adjectives, adverbs and... |
| 9 | Latin | cumque | however, whenever, howsoever, whensoever |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |