Where does “nó” come from?
nó (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese no, from Old Portuguese eno, from Old Portuguese en, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
nó (Portuguese): knot
Ancestry of “nó”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | no | — |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | eno | — |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | en | in |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |