Etimology
From Middle English none, noon, non (“not one”), from Old English nān (“not one, not any, none”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“none, nought, nothing”), equivalent to ne (“not”) + one. (Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one.) Cognate with Scots nane (“none”), Saterland Frisian naan, neen (“no, not any, none”), West Frisian neen & gjin (“no, none”), Dutch neen & geen (“no, none”), Low German nēn, neen (“none, no one”), German nein & kein (“no, none”), Latin nōn (“not”).
pronoun
none
Not any of a given number or group.
Examples
None of those is a good example. None are even acceptable.
None of this meat tastes right.
None of those people is my father.
None of those people are my parents.
Alas, none of these people were writing the reviews.
Related words
antonyms
some
all
determiner
none
(archaic outside Scotland, West Country) Not any; no (usually used only before a vowel or h):
Examples
Thou shalt have none other gods but me.
the foles toke their lampes, but toke none oyle with them.
None lasses were in the dunces' row. If one had been there people would have looked at her and felt sorry but not boys.
adverb
none (not comparable)
To no extent, in no way. [from 11th c.]
Not at all, not very. [from 13th c.]
(obsolete) No, not. [14th–16th c.]
Examples
I felt none the worse for my recent illness.
my lack of education hasn't hurt me none
He was none too pleased with the delays in the program that was supposed to be his legacy.
We could hear none too well from the back.
And up into his contour-hous gooth he / To rekene with hymself, wel may be, / Of thilke yeer how that it with hym stood, / And how that he despended hadde his good, / And if that he encresses were or noon.
Etimology
From the first sense, since they respond “none” when asked about their religion; also a play of words on nun.
noun
none (plural nones)
(chiefly American) A person without religious affiliation.
Examples
Both the religiously dis-identified and the religiously committed report mystical experiences.
Stable nones, that is, people who report in both years that they have no religious affiliation, are, in fact, much less religious
we have grouped people into nones , Jews, Catholics, mainline Protestants, and evangelical protestants.
Etimology
From French none, from Latin nōna (“ninth; ninth hour”).
noun
none (plural nones)
Alternative form of nones: the ninth hour after dawn; (Christianity) the religious service appointed to this hour.
(obsolete) Synonym of midafternoon: the time around or following noon or nones.
Examples
None of the day, is the third quarter of the day beginning at Noon and lasting till the Sun be gone half way towards setting.
The last, which began at the middle of the Afternoon, i.e. at half the Time between Noon and Sun-setting, was called None, because it began at the Ninth Hour.