Etymograph

English

Nunez

Nunez comes from Spanish Núñez, and goes back to Latin nonnus ‘monk’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnonnus‘monk’
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentNuño
  3. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentNúñez
  4. EnglishtodayNunez

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnonnus‘monk’
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentNuño
  3. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentNúñez
  4. EnglishtodayNunez

Today it means

name Núñez: A surname from Spanish

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin nonnus / Nunez