Where does “niciunul” come from?
niciunul (Romanian) comes from Romanian niciun, from Romanian nici, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
niciunul (Romanian): none; no-one, nobody
Ancestry of “niciunul”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | niciun | no, none of, not any |
| 2 | Romanian | nici | not even; neither... nor |
| 3 | Latin | neque | not; and not, also not |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | nekʷe | and not, neither, nor |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |