Where does “none” come from?

none (Old French) comes from Latin nonna, from Latin nonnus, from Proto-Indo-European nana-.

none (Old French): noon; the ninth hour of the day, equivalent to...

Definitions

  1. noon; the ninth hour of the day, equivalent to...

Ancestry of “none”, step by step

none traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin nonna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnonnanun
2Latinnonnusmonk; tutor; old person
3Proto-Indo-Europeannana-—

via Late Latin nonna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinnonnanun, tutor

Words derived from “none”

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