Where does “annihilateth” come from?
annihilateth (English) comes from English annihilate, from Latin annihilatus, from Latin annihilō, from Latin nihil, from Latin nihilum, from Latin nē, from Latin gēns, from Proto-Italic *gentis — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
annihilateth (English): Third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- Third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “annihilateth”, step by step
annihilateth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English annihilate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | annihilate | To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate;... |
| 2 | Latin | annihilatus | destroyed; annihilated |
| 3 | Latin | annihilō | to bring to nothing, annihilate, obliterate, destroy utterly, benothing |
| 4 | Latin | nihil | indefinite nothing |
| 5 | Latin | nihilum | nothing; no value |
| 6 | Latin | nē | no; not |
| 7 | Latin | gēns | Roman clan (related by birth or marriage and sharing a common name and often united by certain religious rites) |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *gentis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁tis | birth, production |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via English eth
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eth | A letter introduced into Old English to... |