Where does “νόνα” come from?

νόνα (Greek) comes from Italian nonna, from Latin nonna, from Latin nonnus, from Proto-Indo-European nana-.

νόνα (Greek): grandmother

Definitions

  1. grandmother

Ancestry of “νόνα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannonnagrandmother, granny
2Latinnonnanun
3Latinnonnusmonk; tutor; old person
4Proto-Indo-Europeannana-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nana- →Every word from Latin nonnus →Every word from Latin nonna →