Where does “anihilar” come from?
anihilar (Catalan) comes from Late Latin annihilo, from Latin nihil, from Latin nihilum, from Latin nē, from Latin gēns, from Proto-Italic *gentis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁tis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
anihilar (Catalan): to annihilate, destroy utterly
Definitions
- to annihilate, destroy utterly
Ancestry of “anihilar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | annihilo | I reduce to nothing; I bring to nothing,... |
| 2 | Latin | nihil | indefinite nothing |
| 3 | Latin | nihilum | nothing; no value |
| 4 | Latin | nē | no; not |
| 5 | Latin | gēns | Roman clan (related by birth or marriage and sharing a common name and often united by certain religious rites) |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *gentis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁tis | birth, production |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |