Where does “annihilative” come from?
annihilative (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.
annihilative (English): Serving to annihilate; radically destructive
Definitions
- Serving to annihilate; radically destructive
Ancestry of “annihilative”, step by step
| 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 |