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Where does “nonnus” come from?

nonnus (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European nana-.

nonnus (Latin): monk; tutor; old person

Definitions

  1. monk; tutor; old person

Ancestry of “nonnus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeannana-—

Words derived from “nonnus”

  • nun
  • nonna
  • nunlike
  • nunnish
  • nunation
  • nunhood
  • nunnation
  • unnun
  • nunly
  • nunlet
  • nunnishly
  • nunnishness
  • nonno
  • nunship
  • nunsploitation
  • nonna
  • nonnetto
  • bisnonno
  • bisnonna
  • trisnonno
  • trisnonna
  • nonnina
  • nonna
  • nonno
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nana- →