Where does “Nuñez” come from?
Nuñez (Tagalog) comes from Spanish Núñez, from Spanish Nuño, from Latin nonnus, from Proto-Indo-European nana-.
Ancestry of “Nuñez”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | Núñez | — |
| 2 | Spanish | Nuño | — |
| 3 | Latin | nonnus | monk; tutor; old person |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | nana- | — |