Where does “nóin” come from?
nóin (Middle Irish) comes from Latin nōna, from Latin nōnus, from Latin novenos, from Latin novem, from Latin novo, from Proto-Italic nowāō, from Proto-Indo-European néweh₂ti, from Proto-Indo-European néwos — new; to nod, assent to.
nóin (Middle Irish): ninth hour, nones; midafternoon, the period...
Definitions
- ninth hour, nones; midafternoon, the period...
Ancestry of “nóin”, step by step
nóin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin nōna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | nōna | nones canonical hour |
| 2 | Latin | nōnus | ninth |
| 3 | Latin | novenos | accusative masculine plural of novēnus |
| 4 | Latin | novem | nine; 9; first-person singular present active... |
| 5 | Latin | novo | I make new, renew, refresh; I alter, change;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | nowāō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | néweh₂ti | to renew |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |
via Latin [[nōna]] ([[hōra]])
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | [[nōna]] ([[hōra]]) | — |