English word origin

Etymology of Nin

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Nin, from Latin Aenona.

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Source etymology 1

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name

A town in Zadar, Croatia.

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Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Nin, from Latin Aenona.

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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Borrowed-form mentionNinsh
Derivation mentionAenonala

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Source etymology 2

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name

A surname from Spanish or Catalan

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Spanish Nin, from Catalan Nin, from a variant form of nen (“child”).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Borrowed-form mentionNines
Derivation mentionNinca

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