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-no Adjective-forming suffix. From Latin -nus 'id.' From Proto-Italic *-no- 'id.' From late Proto-Indo-European *-n-ó- 'id.' Indo-European Germanic Gothic -an, Old English -en, Old High German -an, -en, Old Saxon -an Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic -nъ, -nije, Russian -nyj, -n'e, Czech -ný, -ní, Slovak -ný, Polish -ny, Slovene -n, Bulgarian -n Hellenic Ancient Greek -νος ‎(nos) de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
no (Adverb) "no," "not" 10th cent. Old Spanish non. From Latin non 'id.," from Old Latin noenum "not one," from ne "not" and oinos "one" (see uno). Indo-European Romance Asturian nun, Portuguese não, Galician non, Catalan no, French non, Italian no, Aromanian nu, Romanian nu, Sardinian no Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
nocente (Adjective) "harmful;" "guilty" From Latin nocentem, accusative of nocens 'id.' From nocere "to harm." From Proto-Italic *nok-eje- "to cause death," especially a murderous death. From Proto-Indo-European *noḱ-ei̯e- "to cause death," but originally a euphemism that meant "to cause to disappear." Derived from the root *neḱ- "death," "disappearance." Indo-European Romance Galician nocer, Catalan noure, French nuire, Italian nuocere Indo-Iranian Sanskrit nāśáya- "to make disappear," Old Persian vināθayatiy "he damages" de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
noche f. (Noun) "night" 12th cent. From Latin noctem, accusative case of nox 'id.' From Proto-Italic *nok-t- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *nóg^wh-t- 'id.' Indo-European Romance Asturian nueche, Portuguese noite, Galician noite, Catalan nit, French nuit, Italian notte, Aromanian noapti, Romanian noapte, Sardinian noti Celtic Gaulish nox "night," Old Irish innocht "tonight," Old Welsh he-noid 'id.,' Middle Breton hanoez 'id.,' Cornish haneth 'id.' Germanic Gothic nahts "night," Old Norse nǫ́tt 'id.,' Old High German naht 'id.,' Old Saxon naht 'id.,' Old English næht 'id.' (English night) Albanian Albanian natë "night" Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic noštь "night," Russian noč' 'id.,' Czech noc 'id.,' Polish noc 'id.,' Slovene nọ̑č 'id.,' Old Prussian naktin 'id.,' Lithuanian naktìs 'id.,' Latvian nakts 'id.' Hellenic Ancient Greek νύξ (nyks) "night" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit nákt- "night" Tocharian B nekcīye "at night" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
nombre m. (Noun) "name;" "noun" 12th cent. Old Spanish nomne, from Vulgar Latin *nomine, from Latin nomen 'id.' From Proto-Italic *nōm-n- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *h₃neh₃-mn- 'id.' Variants 11th cent. Old Spanish nomen, Colunga nome Indo-European Romance Asturian nome, Portuguese nome, Galician nome, Catalan nom, French nom, Italian nome, Aromanian numã, Romanian nume, Sardinian nomene Italic Oscan numneís "of the name," Umbrian numen "name" Celtic Gaulish anuana "name," Old Irish ainm 'id.,' Old Welsh anu 'id.,' Middle Breton hanu 'id.,' Cornish enw 'id.' Germanic Gothic namo "name," Old Norse nafn 'id.,' Old High German namo 'id.,' Old Saxon namo 'id.,' Old English nama 'id.' (English name) Albanian Albanian emër "name" Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic imę "name," Russian ímja 'id.,' Czech jméno 'id.,' Polish imię 'id.,' Slovene imę̑ 'id.,' Old Prussian emmens 'id.' Hellenic Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma) "name" Phrygian Phrygian onoman "name" Armenian Armenian anown "name" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit nā́man- "name," Avestan nāman- 'id.' Tocharian A ñom "name," B ñem 'id.' Compare dialect variant Colunga nome and textual variant Fuero de Avilés nomen (11th cent.) which seem to preserve the middle vowel in Vulgar Latin *nomine. The Indo-Europeans ritualized the application of a name to a newborn and in Proto-Indo-European, the phrase for naming a newborn was "to make a name." A mother of a newborn was given nine days to recover, then after she would name the child for his or her name-day. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
-nomía (Suffix) "joined by laws," "bound by norms" Borrowed from Greek -νομία (nomía) 'id.,' from Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos) "law." From the verb νέμω (némo) "I distribute" (see Némesis). Beekes, R. S. P. Etymological Dictionary of Greek. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
nominar (Verb) "to name" From Latin nominare 'id.,' a verb derived from nomen "name" (see nombre). Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
nona f. (Noun) "grandma" 13th cent. Borrowed from Latin nonna "old woman," "wet nurse." Also note 12th cent. Old Spanish nana "married woman." Indo-European Romance French nonne, Italian nonna Despite the semantic argument that the word is native to Spanish, and not borrowed from Latin, the word did not undergo palatalization. Fascinatingly, a cousin of the word is ñoño, which palatalized twice - generally against the norm in Spanish. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
norma f. (Noun) "rule" 17th cent. borrowing from Latin norma "carpenter's square," but also "standard." Perhaps borrowed from Etruscan, which in turn borrowed from Ancient Greek γνώμων ‎(gnṓmōn) "judge." Indo-European Romance Portuguese norma, Italian norma If norma does come from γνώμων, the ultimate etymology comes from PIE *ǵneh₃- "to know" (see conocer for further discussion of this root). Beekes, R. S. P. Etymological Dictionary of Greek. BRILL. 2014. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
normal (Adjective) "normal" 19th cent. From Latin normalis 'id.,' from Latin norma "carpenter's square," but also "standard" (see norma). Indo-European Romance Portuguese normal, French normal, Italian normale, Romanian normal Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.