Where does “nonnette” come from?

nonnette (French) comes from French nonne, from Old French none, from Latin nonna, from Latin nonnus, from Proto-Indo-European nana-.

nonnette (French): type of gingerbread with aniseed

Definitions

  1. type of gingerbread with aniseed

Ancestry of “nonnette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnonnenun
2Old Frenchnonenoon; the ninth hour of the day, equivalent to...
3Latinnonnanun
4Latinnonnusmonk; tutor; old person
5Proto-Indo-Europeannana-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nana- →Every word from Latin nonnus →Every word from Latin nonna →
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