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noneEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English none, noon, non (“not one”), from Old English nān (“not one, not any, none”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“none, nought, nothing”), equivalent to ne (“not”) + one. (Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one.) Cognate with Scots nane (“none”), Saterland Frisian naan, neen (“no, not any, none”), West Frisian neen & gjin (“no, none”), Dutch neen & geen (“no, none”), Low German nēn, neen, keen (“no, none, no one”), German nein & kein (“no, none”), Latin nōn (“not”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗noneEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From the first sense, since they respond “none” when asked about their religion; also a play on words on nun.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗noneEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From French none, from Latin nōna (“ninth; ninth hour”).
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Mayhew–Skeat (1888)
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