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Where does “nunne” come from?

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

nunne (Old English): nun; vestal

Definitions

  1. nun; vestal

Ancestry of “nunne”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nunne”

  • nun
  • nunlike
  • nunnish
  • nunation
  • nunhood
  • nunnation
  • unnun
  • nunly
  • nunlet
  • nunship
  • nunsploitation
  • nunnishly
  • nunnishness
  • نن
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