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κανένας
Lemma: κανένας
Translation: no; none; not any (pronoun)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek καν ἕνας (kan hénas), from καί (kaí, 'and, even') + ἕνας (hénas, 'one'). The development shows how a word meaning 'even one' came to mean both 'nobody' (in negative contexts) and 'anybody' (in questions and hypotheticals).