Nemo
/ˈniː.moʊ/noun
A name used for an unknown or anonymous person; also a proper name in literature.
Did you know?In Latin, nemo is actually a fusion of ne (“not”) + homo (“man/person”), so the word literally denies personhood rather than naming it.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
dheghm4n
“earthling, human being”
Proto-Italic
PI
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“ancestor of Latin homo, 'person; human being'”
Classical Latin
Latin
ne homo
“not a person; no one”
Late Latin
Latin
nemo
“no one, nobody”
Modern English
English
Nemo
“a name for an unknown or anonymous person; a literary proper name”