Where does “nona” come from?

nona (Spanish) comes from Italian nonna, from Latin nonna, from Latin nonnus, from Proto-Indo-European nana-.

nona (Spanish): grandma nana

Definitions

  1. grandma nana

Ancestry of “nona”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannonnagrandmother, granny
2Latinnonnanun
3Latinnonnusmonk; tutor; old person
4Proto-Indo-Europeannana-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nana- →Every word from Latin nonnus →Every word from Latin nonna →