Where does “non” come from?
non (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese non, from Latin nōn, from Old Latin noenum, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.
non (Galician): no, not, not at all; no
Ancestry of “non”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | non | no, not |
| 2 | Latin | nōn | — |
| 3 | Old Latin | noenum | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | óynos | one; single |