Etymograph

English

nulliparous

Nulliparous comes from Latin nūllus ‘null’, from Proto-Italic *oinos ‘one’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos ‘one’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁óynos‘one’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oinos‘one’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*noinolosreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnūllus‘null’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnūlliparus
  6. Englishtodaynulliparous

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁óynos‘one’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oinos‘one’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*noinolosreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnūllus‘null’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnūlliparus
  6. Englishtodaynulliparous

Equivalent to null + parous

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos ‘one’

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Proto-Italic *noinolos

Latin nūllus ‘no one, none, not any, nothing’

Old French nul ‘nobody’

Middle French nul ‘nobody’

English null

Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- ‘to produce, beget’

Proto-Italic *parjō ‘to bear, give birth’

Latin pariō ‘to give birth’

English parous

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ís ‘this, he’

id, yonder, yon, 14 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos ‘one’

an, one, no, only, any, none, universally, 20 more

through Proto-Italic *oinos ‘one’

union, unique, universal, unite, uno, triune, 19 more

Today it means

adj That has never given birth.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos / nulliparous

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