Etymograph

English

nullity

Nullity comes from Medieval Latin nūllitās ‘nonentity’, from Latin nūllus ‘no one, none, not any, nothing’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*óynosreconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oinos‘one’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*ne‘not’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*noinolosreconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnūllus‘no one, none, not any, nothing’
  6. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500nūllitās‘nonentity’
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600nullité
  8. Englishtodaynullity

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*óynosreconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oinos‘one’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*ne‘not’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*noinolosreconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnūllus‘no one, none, not any, nothing’
  6. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500nūllitās‘nonentity’
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600nullité
  8. Englishtodaynullity

Equivalent to null + -ity

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

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *óynos

inch, ounce, unity, 2 more

through Proto-Italic *oinos ‘one’

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

Today it means

noun The state of being null, or void, or invalid.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *óynos / nullity

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