Where does “Hun” come from?

Hun (Middle English) comes from Old English Hūnas, from Latin Hunni, from Ancient Greek Οὗννος — Hun.

Ancestry of “Hun”, step by step

Hun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English Hūnas

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old English	Hūnas	the Huns
2	Latin	Hunni	Huns
3	Ancient Greek	Οὗννος	Hun

via Old English Hūne

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old English	Hūne	horehound herb
2	Late Latin	Hunnus	—
3	Koine Greek	Χοῦνοι	—

Words derived from “Hun”

Hun

Every word from Ancient Greek Οὗννος →Every word from Latin Hunni →Every word from Old English Hūnas →