Where does “annihilation” come from?
Annihilation comes from Middle French annihilation, from Latin ad and hilum, from Proto-Indo-European ád and ne, ultimately from Old Latin ne and Proto-Indo-European ne.
annihilation (English): The act of destroying or otherwise turning into...
Definitions
- The act of destroying or otherwise turning into...
Ancestry of “annihilation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | annihilation | — |
| 2 | Latin | annihilatio | annihilation |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |