Etymology

noone

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Middle English none ← Old English nōn
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noone · pronoun1

From no + one. Compare Middle English noone, noon, noan (“noone”). More at none.

noone · noun2

  1. Old English · inherited fromnōn“noon; the ninth hour”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromnone
  3. English todaynoone

From Middle English none, noune, from Old English nōn (“noon; the ninth hour”). Cognate with Dutch noen, Icelandic nón. More at noon.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishnone all →

none

Old Englishnōn all →

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