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Added 9 October 2026

nanna

noun

Latin root: nonna Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about nanna at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The mother of your father or mother.
(Norse mythology) wife of Balder.
God of the Moon; counterpart of the Akkadian Sin.

Origin

Possibly derived from Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”); probably from a Proto-Indo-European root imitative of a child babbling, similar to Ancient Greek νάννα (nánna). See also nanny. Compare Welsh nain, Sicilian nanna, Italian nonna, Norman nonne, Galician nana, Spanish nana, Old French nonain, Late Latin nonna.

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