Where does “nona” come from?

nona (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Venetian nona, from Late Latin nonna — nun, tutor.

nona (Serbo-Croatian): grandmother; grandma, granny; old woman

Definitions

  1. grandmother; grandma, granny; old woman

Ancestry of “nona”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Venetiannonagrandmother
2Late Latinnonnanun, tutor
Every word from Late Latin nonna →Every word from Venetian nona →