Where does “Nuñez” come from?

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

Nuñez (Tagalog): mostly concentrated in Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal and Bataan

Definitions

  1. mostly concentrated in Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal and Bataan

Ancestry of “Nuñez”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishNúñez—
2SpanishNuñosisyrinchium
3Latinnonnusmonk; tutor; old person
4Proto-Indo-Europeannana-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nana- →Every word from Latin nonnus →Every word from Spanish Nuño →