"nor, (neither …) nor" in seven languages
Meaningnor, (neither …) nor
Spanish
ni
/ni/
inherited
French
ni
/ni/
inherited
Needs ne with the verb: ni lui ni elle ne viennent.
Italian
né
/ne/
inherited
The accent tells it apart from the pronoun ne.
Portuguese
nem
/nẽj/
inherited
Romanian
nici
/nitʃʲ/
other source · Latin NEQUE 'and not'
Catalan
ni
/ni/
inherited
English
nor
/nɔɹ/
native English · Middle English nor, built on ne 'not'
English → Italiannor, (neither …) nornéNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
NEC‘and not, nor’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Latin NEC lost its final c everywhere. All three double it for 'neither … nor': ni … ni, né … né.
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In a sentence
- esNi él ni ella lo saben.
- frNi lui ni elle ne le savent.
- itNé lui né lei lo sanno.
- ptNem ele nem ela sabem.
- roNici el, nici ea nu știu.
- caNi ell ni ella ho saben.
- enNeither he nor she knows.
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