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Where does “ano” come from?

ano (Old Saxon) comes from Old High German ānu, from Proto-Germanic ēnu, from Proto-Indo-European anew — without.

ano (Old Saxon): without

Definitions

  1. without

Ancestry of “ano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanānuwithout
2Proto-Germanicēnuwithout
3Proto-Indo-Europeananewwithout
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