English
nihilate
Nihilate comes from Latin nihilō ‘to reduce to nothing’, and goes back to hīlum ‘the least bit’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhīlum‘the least bit’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnihil‘nothing’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnihilō‘to reduce to nothing’
- Englishtodaynihilate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhīlum‘the least bit’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnihil‘nothing’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnihilō‘to reduce to nothing’
- Englishtodaynihilate
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom
through Latin fīlum ‘thread’
file, fillet, filament, 47 more
through Latin nihil ‘nothing’
Today it means
verb To annul.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin hīlum / nihilate