Where does “non” come from?

non (Romansch) comes from Late Latin nonnus, from Proto-Indo-European nana-.

non (Romansch): grandfather

Definitions

  1. grandfather

Ancestry of “non”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinnonnusmonk; old person; monk; tutor
2Proto-Indo-Europeannana-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nana- →Every word from Late Latin nonnus →