English
nada
Nada comes from Spanish nada ‘nothing’, from Latin nātus ‘not a soul’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥h₁tós‘begotten, produced’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnātos‘born’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgnātus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātus‘not a soul’literally ‘nobody born’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CE(nūlla rēs) nātaliterally ‘no born thing, not a thing born’
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500nada
- Spanishc. 1500–presentnada‘nothing’
- Englishearliest quotation 2019nada
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥h₁tós‘begotten, produced’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnātos‘born’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgnātus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātus‘not a soul’literally ‘nobody born’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CE(nūlla rēs) nātaliterally ‘no born thing, not a thing born’
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500nada
- Spanishc. 1500–presentnada‘nothing’
- Englishearliest quotation 2019nada
Earliest quotation: 2019, Balenciaga: “Skechers lookin' like Balenciaga / Thrift clothes lookin' like…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
general, kind, king, german, engine, generation, nature, gender, nation, genuine, gene, genius, pregnant, oxygen, ken, genre, gentle, indigenous, hydrogen, genocide, genus, kin, genital, ingenious, germ, innate, gentile, gens, nascent, puny, glycogen, genial, janata, genteel, gingerly, genitive, jaunty, nomen, estrogenic, azadi, 106 more
through Latin gnātus
through Latin nātus ‘not a soul’
natural, native, noel, naive, nee, natal, nativity, naïve, 8 more
Today it means
pron Nothing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / nada