Where does “annulment” come from?
Annulment comes from Middle English -ment, Old French -ment, and Latin annullāre, formed from the Latin prefix ad- meaning "to" combined with nullāre meaning "to make null."
annulment (English): An act or instance of annulling; The state of...
Definitions
- An act or instance of annulling; The state of...
Ancestry of “annulment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | annul | To formally revoke the validity of |
| 2 | Middle English | annullen | — |
| 3 | Old French | anuller | to consider invalid or annuled |
| 4 | Latin | annullō | to annihilate, annul |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |