Where does “trisnonna” come from?

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

trisnonna (Italian): great-great-grandmother

Definitions

  1. great-great-grandmother

Ancestry of “trisnonna”, 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 →