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

Definitions

  1. knot

Ancestry of “nó”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseno—
2Old Portugueseeno—
3Old Portugueseenin
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Proto-Italic en →Every word from Latin en →