Where does “no” come from?

no (Walloon) comes from Old French nom, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

no (Walloon): name

Definitions

  1. name

Ancestry of “no”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnomname
2Latinnōmenname
3Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti →Every word from Latin est →