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English

no

/nəʊ/
Not any.

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    Origin

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from Middle English no, noo, na, a reduced form of none, noon, nan (“none, not any”) used before consonants (compare a to an), from Old English nān (“none, not any”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“not any”, literally “not one”), equivalent to ne (“not”) + a. Piecewise doublet of none.

    Cognate with Scots nae (“no, not any, none”), Old Frisian nān, nēn ("no, not any, none"; > Saterland Frisian naan, neen (“no, not any, none”), North Frisian nian (“no, not any, none”)), Old Dutch nēn ("no, not any, none"; > Dutch neen (“no”)), Old Norse neinn (“no, not any, none”). Compare also Old Saxon nigēn ("not any"; > Low German nen), Old Dutch nehēn (Middle Dutch negheen/negeen, Dutch geen), West Frisian gjin, Old High German nihein (> German kein). More at no, one.

    Etymology 2

    Inherited from Middle English no, na, from Old English nā, nō (“no, not, not ever, never”), from Proto-West Germanic *naiwō, from Proto-Germanic *naiwô (“never”), from *ne (“not”) + *aiwō (“ever”), equivalent to ne + aye. Cognate with Scots na (“no”), Saterland Frisian noa (“no”), West Frisian né (“no”), nea (“never”), Dutch nee (“no”), Low German nee (“no”), German nie (“never”), dialectal German nö (“no”), Danish nej (“no”), Swedish nej (“no”), Icelandic nei (“no”). Doublet of nay.

    From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Lineage

    • derivedEnglishits “Belonging to it.”
      • derivedEnglishא
      • derivedEnglishPortland “The largest city in Oregon, United States and the county seat of Multnomah County; named for the ci…”
        • inheritedMiddle EnglishPortland
        • partEnglishport “A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.”
        • partEnglishland “The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.”
      • derivedEnglishthe “...because it has already been mentioned, is to be completely specified in the same sentence, or ve…”
        • derivedEnglish7th
        • derivedEnglishSweden “A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Sweden. Capital: Stockholm.”
        • derivedEnglishJohn “A male given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew]; very popular since the Middle A…”
        • derivedEnglishEisen “A surname from German.”
        • derivedEnglishMilonakis—himself
        • derivedEnglishmull “To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.”
        • derivedEnglishNîmes “A city, the capital of Gard department, Occitania, southern France, formerly in the region of Langu…”
        • derivedEnglishon “In the state of being active, functioning or operating.”
        • derivedEnglishpassio “suffering”
        • derivedEnglishmarine “Belonging to or characteristic of the sea; existing or found in the sea; formed or produced by the …”
        • derivedEnglishninny “A silly or foolish person.”
        • derivedEnglishlack “A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.”
        • derivedEnglishtalking “The action of the verb talk.”
        • derivedEnglishPlacerville “A city, the county seat of El Dorado County, California, United States.”
        • derivedEnglishinside “The interior or inner part.”
        • derived (possibly)Englishwhich “What, of those mentioned or implied.”
        • derivedEnglishacetylierte
        • derivedEnglishBlau “A surname from German.”
        • derivedEnglishan “Used before a vowel sound.”
        • derivedEnglishFahr “A surname from German.”
        • derived (possibly)EnglishMatthew “A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.”
        • derivedEnglishBMC
        • derivedLatin-plus “-ple”
        • derivedEnglishming “To mix, blend, mingle.”
        • derivedEnglishRuaghagain
        • derivedEnglishhome “One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which …”
        • derivedEnglishkind “A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may b…”
        • derivedEnglishfirst “Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.”
        • derivedEnglish1940
        • derivedProto-Germanic*landą “land”
        • derivedEnglishKohl “A surname from German.”
        • derivedEnglishMöhn
        • derivedEnglishÓ “descendant”
        • derivedEnglishsmelting “The process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore.”
        • borrowedEnglishJapanese “Of, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of Japan, its people, language, or culture.”
        • derivedEnglishDurst “A surname.”
        • partEnglish新 “new”
        • derivedEnglishcarrying “Transportation.”
        • derivedEnglishgunfire “Shots from a gun or guns, typically creating loud report.”
        • derivedEnglishseemingly “As it appears; apparently.”
        • derivedEnglishBusch “A surname.”
        • derivedEnglishboth “Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.”
        • derivedEnglishNeapolitan “Of, from or relating to the city of Naples, capital and largest city of Campania, Italy, or the sur…”
        • derivedEnglishNARG “not a real gentleman”
        • derivedEnglishThe
        • derivedEnglish1993
        • derivedEnglishsyllaba “syllable”
        • derivedEnglishδαμάω “to tame”
        • derivedEnglishtits “Used to express dismay or annoyance.”
        • derivedEnglishthis “The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).”
        • derivedEnglishany “To even the slightest extent; at all.”
        • derivedEnglishking “A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his natio…”
        • derivedEnglishpissed “Drunk.”
        • partEnglishin- “in, into, towards, within.”
        • derivedEnglishTerra “The Roman earth goddess, equivalent in the interpretatio graeca to Gaea.”
        • derivedEnglishstaged “Of an event, intentionally performed while being falsely contrived to appear authentic or coinciden…”
        • partEnglishwīg “war”
        • derivedEnglishScandinavian “Someone from Scandinavia.”
        • derivedEnglishHermann “A surname from German borrowed from German Hermann.”
        • derivedEnglish-splain “A suffix combined with a descriptive adjective or noun to create a verb meaning someone who fits th…”
        • derivedGermanPyridin “pyridine”
        • derived (possibly)Englishpound “A unit of weight in various measurement systems.”
        • derivedEnglishfalling
        • derivedEnglishone “The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.”
        • derivedEnglishHeu “hay”
        • derivedEnglishthere “In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away …”
        • derivedEnglishCraig's
        • derived (possibly)Englishde- “reversal, undoing”
        • derivedEnglishhouseholds
        • derivedLatindolor “pain”
        • derivedEnglishLugau
        • derivedEnglishairports
        • derivedEnglishportable “Able to be carried or easily moved.”
        • derivedEnglishlux “In the International System of Units, the derived unit of illuminance or illumination; one lumen pe…”
        • derivedEnglishabove “Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing.”
        • derivedEnglishbenzyl-methyl
        • partEnglishvitamin “Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth…”
        • derivedLatinaēneus “made of copper or bronze”
        • derivedEnglishἕρπω “I creep”
        • derivedEnglishother “See other (determiner) below.”
        • partEnglishsnow “The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in fl…”
        • derivedEnglishcut “To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.”
        • derivedEnglishQueen “A title used before the personal name of a queen.”
        • derived (possibly)EnglishLeid
        • derived (possibly)Englishhamr
        • derivedEnglishever “Always, frequently, forever.”
        • derivedEnglishDante's
        • derivedEnglishtasting “A small amount of food or drink.”
        • derivedEnglishsċeaft “shaft”
        • derivedEnglishdry “Free from or lacking moisture.”
        • derivedEnglishSchleswig-Holstein “One of the component states of Germany according to the current administrative division of the nati…”
        • derivedEnglishwas “Used in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is (usually third-person) plural.”
        • derivedEnglishYpres “A city in West Flanders, Belgium.”
        • derivedEnglishproduction “The act of producing, making or creating something.”
        • derivedEnglishthunderbird “A mythological bird, often associated with stormy weather, especially in various indigenous North A…”
        • derivedMalaysinga
        • derivedEnglish1945
      • derivedEnglishcausing
      • partEnglishho “Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.”
      • derivedEnglishWorld “Earth: the Earth (our earth).”
      • derivedEnglishItogon “A municipality of Benguet, Philippines.”
      • derivedEnglishtides
      • derivedEnglishuser “One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer or client or an express or implied licensee (fre…”
      • partEnglishsororo
      • partEnglishit “The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract en…”
      • suffixEnglish-s “Used to form regular plurals of nouns.”
      • suffixEnglish-'s “A possessive marker, indicating that an object belongs to the noun or noun phrase bearing the marke…”
    • inheritedMiddle Englishno
      • inheritedOld Englishna “no, never”
    • surface analysisEnglishne “Not.”
    • surface analysisEnglisha “The first letter of the English alphabet, written in the Latin script.”
    • surface analysisEnglishaye “Ever, always.”

    Related: English nay (doublet), Scots nae, Old Frisian nān, Saterland Frisian naan, North Frisian nian, Old Dutch nēn, Dutch neen, Old Norse neinn, Old Saxon nigēn, Low German nen, Old Dutch nehēn, Middle Dutch negheen, Dutch geen, West Frisian gjin, Old High German nihein, German kein, Scots na, Saterland Frisian noa, West Frisian né, Dutch nee, Low German nee, German nie, German nö, Danish nej

    Words built on it: make it so, by no means, no-win

    Meanings

    det
    1. Not any.
    2. Hardly any.
    3. Not any possibility or allowance of (something).
    4. Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.
    adv
    1. Used before different, before comparatives with more and less, and idiomatically before other comparatives.
    2. Used idiomatically before certain other adjectives.
    3. Not.
    4. Not, does not, do not, etc.
    particle
    1. Used to show disagreement, negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition.
    2. Used to express sadness or disappointment.
    3. Used to express disbelief.
    4. Used to show agreement with a negative question.
    5. Used together with an affirmative word or phrase to show agreement.
    prep
    1. Without.
    2. Like.

    Sources

    • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
    • Wiktionary: no