Where does “niciun” come from?
niciun (Romanian) comes from Romanian nici, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
niciun (Romanian): no, none of, not any
Ancestry of “niciun”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | nici | not even; neither... nor |
| 2 | Latin | neque | not; and not, also not |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | nekʷe | and not, neither, nor |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
Words derived from “niciun”