Nor
/nɔːr/noun
A coordinating conjunction used after a negative statement to introduce an additional negative idea.
Did you know?Nor is the negative twin of Old English ne, and its history shows how English built its grammar by chaining ancient Germanic negation forms together.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ne
“not”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*ne
“not”
Old English
English
ne
“not, no”
Middle English
English
nor
“nor, neither”
Modern English
English
nor
“used after a negative statement to add another negative clause”