English
Nemo
Nemo comes from Latin nemo ‘nobody, no one, no man’, and goes back to Old Latin nē hemō.
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEnē hemō
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnemo‘nobody, no one, no man’
- EnglishtodayNemo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEnē hemō
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnemo‘nobody, no one, no man’
- EnglishtodayNemo
The story
The "clownfish" meaning comes from the film Finding Nemo, where Nemo is a clownfish.
Every English word from Old Latin nē hemō
Today it means
name A male given name from Latin.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Latin nē hemō / Nemo