English
ex nihilo nihil fit
Ex nihilo nihil fit comes from Latin ex nihilō nihil fit.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEex nihilō nihil fitliterally ‘out of nothing is made nothing’
- Englishtodayex nihilo nihil fit
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEex nihilō nihil fitliterally ‘out of nothing is made nothing’
- Englishtodayex nihilo nihil fit
The story
Learned borrowing from Latin ex nihilō nihil fit (literally “out of nothing is made nothing”), from De rerum natura by Lucretius.
Every English word from Latin ex nihilō nihil fit
Today it means
phrase Nothing comes from nothing; out of nothing, nothing is produced.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ex nihilō nihil fit / ex nihilo nihil fit