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Word Origins

Words starting with n

WordOrigins
nay

-adverb

Indian Sanskrit na means ‘not’.

English nay derives from it.
nay sayer

-noun

Indian Sanskrit na means ‘not’.

English nay sayer  ‘one who says no’ derives from it.
new

-adjective

Indian Sanskrit word for it is nava.

Latin novus derives from it. us is just a suffix. The basic word is nov.

Spanish nuevo also derives from it.

English new also derives from it.
niche

-noun

euskara (Basque) nitxo (pronounced as nicho) means ‘alcove’.

English niche derives from it.
nightingale

-noun

Indian Tamil amma means ‘mother’.

Ladino ama derives from it.

Ladino is the language of Sephardic (wandering) Jews in Europe

Sephardic (pronounced as Sefardic) drives from Indian Hindi/Urdu safari ’travel’. 

nimble

-adjective

Indian Sanskrit word for it is laghu.

Greek elakhus derives from it.

nishani

-noun

Indian Hindi/Urdu nishaan means ‘sign’.

Georgian (Kartuli ena) nishani ‘sign’ derives from it.

Georgia was a state of the former Russian union USSR.
nishani

-noun

Indian Hindi/Urdu nishaan means ‘sign’.

Georgian (Kartuli ena) nishani ‘sign’ derives from it.

Georgia was a state of the former Russian union USSR.

no

Indian Sanskrit na means ‘not’

English no derives from it.

nobility

-noun

Arabic word for it is nubl.

English nobility derives from it.
noble

-adjective

Arabic word for it is nabl.

English noble derives from it.
noise

-noun

Indian Tamil kalakkam means ‘agitation’. am is just a suffix for neuter nouns.

Indian Sanskrit kalakalah means ‘noise’. ah is just a suffix for nouns.

This example is given to show that there is very little difference between northern and southern Indian languages.

norm

-noun

Indian Urdu qaanoon means ‘law’, ‘rule’.

Arabic qaanoon ‘norm’ derives from it.

not

Indian Sanskrit na means ‘not’

English not derives from it.

novel

-adjective

Indian Sanskrit nava means ‘new’.

English novel derives from it.
novelty

-noun

Indian Sanskrit nava means ‘new’.

English novelty derives from it.
November

-noun

Ninth month of of the old 10-month Roman calendar

Indian Sanskrit nava means ‘nine’.

English November also derives from the above Indian word.

The old Roma calendar had 10 months. The Julian calendar was adopted in 45 B.C. with 12 months and 365 days.

novena

-noun

Indian Sanskrit nava means ‘nine’.

English/Roman Catholic novena ’nine days of prayer’ derives from it
novice

-noun

Indian Sanskrit nava means ‘new’.

English novice ’new member’ derives from it.
nursemaid

-noun

Indian Tamil amma means ‘mother’.

Ladino ama derives from it.

Ladino is the language of Sephardic (wandering) Jews in Europe
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