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Where does “nun” come from?

nun (Old French) comes from Latin nec unus, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

nun (Old French): Alternative form of nom; Alternative form of...

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of nom; Alternative form of...

Ancestry of “nun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnec unusnot even one
2Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
3Latinnequenot; and not, also not
4Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
5Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
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