Where does “nonne” come from?

nonne (Middle English) comes from Old English nunne, from Old High German nunna, from Latin nonna, from Latin nonnus, from Proto-Indo-European nana-.

nonne (Middle English): nun

Definitions

  1. nun

Ancestry of “nonne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishnunnenun; vestal
2Old High Germannunna—
3Latinnonnanun
4Latinnonnusmonk; tutor; old person
5Proto-Indo-Europeannana-—

Words derived from “nonne”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nana- →Every word from Latin nonnus →Every word from Latin nonna →