noo
Scots
/nuː/
adv
Definitions
- now
- (definite) just now, right now
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English now inherited from Old English nū (now, immediately, at present, very recently, at this time) inherited from Proto-Germanic *nu (now) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *nū (now).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*nū
Gloss
now
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
今
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- benow English
- erenow English
- noo English
- now English
- nowadays English
- nowish English
- nowness English
- nunc stans English
- num Latin
- nunc Latin
- νῦν Ancient Greek
- *nū Proto-Indo-European
- *nu Proto-Germanic
- ナウ Japanese
- ナウい Japanese
- nu Old English
- nū Old English
- now Middle English
- nú Old Norse
- no- Old Irish
- 𐌽𐌿 Gothic
- *nu Old Dutch
- nu Old Dutch
- nū Old Dutch
- nu Old Saxon
- nau Tok Pisin
- *nū Proto-Albanian
- nü North Frisian