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Where does “Núñez” come from?

Núñez (Spanish) comes from Spanish Nuño, from Latin nonnus, from Proto-Indo-European nana-.

Ancestry of “Núñez”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishNuño—
2Latinnonnusmonk; tutor; old person
3Proto-Indo-Europeannana-—

Words derived from “Núñez”

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