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What is the origin of nun?

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8y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

It is from ecclesiastical Latin 'nonna' meaning 'nun' being the feminine form of the word 'nonnus' meaning monk. Adapted into old French as 'nonne' and English as 'nun'

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