English → Latin
“none” in Latin
The English word none itself goes back to Latin nōna.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
none
nullus; nemo. Vid: NO. “None but” (of persons) is usually rendered by a superlative and quisque; e.g., optimus quisque legendus est, none but the best writers: trecenti quinquaginta octo delecti, nobilissimus quisque, none but those of the best families.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for none?
- The usual Latin words for “none” are nūllus, nēmō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.