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nueve (Cardinal Number) "nine" 12th cent. From Latin novem 'id.' From Proto-Italic *newn̥ 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *h₁neu̯n 'id.' Indo-European Romance Portuguese nove, Galician nove, Catalan nou, French neuf, Italian nove, Aromanian noauã, Romanian nouă, Sardiniannoi, nobe Celtic Old Irish nóin "nine," Old Welsh nauou 'id.,' Old Breton nau 'id.,' Cornish naw 'id.' Germanic Gothic niun "nine," Old Norse níu 'id.,' Old High German niun 'id.,' Old Saxon nigun 'id.,' English nine Albanian Albanian nëndë "nine" Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic devętь "nine," Russian dévjat' 'id.,' Czech devět 'id.,' Polish dziewięć 'id.,' Slovene dévet 'id.,' Lithuanian devynì 'id.,' Latvian deviņi 'id.' Hellenic Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa) "nine" Armenian Armenian inn "nine" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit náva "nine," Avestan nauua 'id.' Tocharian A ñu "nine," B ñu 'id.' 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.
nuevo (Adjective) "new" 11th cent. From Latin novus 'id.' From Proto-Italic *nowo- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *neu̯o- 'id.' From *nu̯ "now." Indo-European Romance Asturian nuevu, Portuguese novo, Galician novo, Catalan nou, French neuf, Italian novo, Aromanian nãu, Romanian nou, Sardinian nobu Italic Umbrian nuvis "new" Celtic Celtiberian nouiza "new" (meaning uncertain), Gaulish Nouio- "new," Old Irish nuë 'id.,' Old Welsh newydd 'id.,' Old Breton nouuid 'id.,' Cornish newyth 'id.' Germanic Gothic niujis "new," Old Norse nýr 'id.,' Old High German niuwi 'id.,' Old Saxon niuwi 'id.,' English new Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic novъ "new," Russian nóvyj 'id.,' Czech nový 'id.,' Polish nowy 'id.,' Slovene nòv 'id.,' Lithuanian naũjas 'id.' Hellenic Ancient Greek νέος (néos) "new," Mycenaean ne-wo- 'id.,' Cyprus νεϝό- (newó) 'id.' Armenian Armenian nor "new" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit náva- "new," Young Avestan nauua- 'id.' Tocharian A ñu "new," B ñuwe 'id.' 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.
número m. (Noun) "number" 15th cent. borrowing from Latin numerus 'id.' It replaced an earlier word nombre "number," borrowed from Old Catalan nombre. From Proto-Italic *nomero- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *neme-e/os- "distributed amount." From a root *nem- "to allot." Indo-European Romance Asturian númberu, Portuguese número, Galician número, Catalan número, French numéro, Italian numero, Romanian număr, Sardinian númeru Italic Latin nemus "forest" Hellenic Ancient Greek νέμω (némo) "I distribute," "I pasture," νομός (nomós) "pasture," "province" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit námas- "worship," Avestan nəmah- "homage" 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.
nunca (Adverb) "never" 12th cent. Old Spanish nunqua. From Latin numquam 'id.,' a negation of umquam "ever" with ne- (see ni). Latin umquam is from Proto-Italic *k^wumk²ām 'id.' From *k^wum "ever" and reinforced by *k^wām "by what" (see cuan). Proto-Italic *k^wum is from Proto-Indo-European *k^wo-m "ever," a *k^wo- pronominal stem. See also cuando, cuan, cuanto, quien, que. Indo-European Romance Asturian nunca, Portuguese nunca, Galician nunca The Latin word umquam, not negated, survived in other Romance languages but not in Spanish (Italian unqua, French onc, and Romanian încă). 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.