Where does “nun” come from?
nun (Galician) comes from Galician un, from Old Portuguese ũu, from Latin ūnus, from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic oinos, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.
Ancestry of “nun”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Galician | un | a, one; one |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | ũu | Masculine singular indefinite article; a; an |
| 3 | Latin | ūnus | — |
| 4 | Old Latin | oinos | one |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | oinos | cardinal number
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| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | óynos | one; single |