Where does “No.” come from?

No. (Latin) comes from Latin numerō, from Latin numerus, from Proto-Italic nomezos, from Proto-Indo-European némesos.

Ancestry of “No.”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnumerōto count, enumerate
2Latinnumerusnumber; collection, quantity; rank, position
3Proto-Italicnomezos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeannémesos—

Words derived from “No.”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European némesos →Every word from Proto-Italic nomezos →Every word from Latin numerus →