Where does “no” come from?

no (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish no, from Latin nōn, from Old Latin noenum, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

no (Spanish): no; not; eh?

Definitions

  1. no; not; eh?

Ancestry of “no”, step by step

no traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Spanish no

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishnonot
2Latinnōnnot
3Old Latinnoenum
4Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

via Latin numerus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnumerusnumber; collection, quantity; rank, position
2Proto-Italicnomezos
3Proto-Indo-Europeannémesos

Words derived from “no

Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos