An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/None

by Friedrich Kluge

None, f., ‘afternoon prayers,’ from MidHG. nône, OHG. nôna, f., ‘hora nôna, the ninth hour of the day’ (reckoned from six A.M.), also ‘the prayers said at that hour.’ The term was borrowed during the OHG. period from Lat. nôna (scil. hora; comp. Fr. none, Ital. nona); comp. also OSax. nôna, nôn, AS. nôn, E. noon (the difference in time is said to be due to the shifting of the canonical ‘nona’ to midday).