Where does “benothing” come from?

benothing (English) comes from English Be, from Middle English be, from Old English bēo, from Proto-West Germanic *bijā, from Proto-Germanic bijō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰī- — to hit, to pierce.

benothing (English): To reduce to nothing; annihilate

Definitions

  1. To reduce to nothing; annihilate

Ancestry of “benothing”, step by step

benothing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Be

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBeAs an auxiliary verb
2Middle EnglishbeAlternative form of been; Alternative form of...
3Old EnglishbēoI become, I will be, I am; bee
4Proto-West Germanic*bijābee
5Proto-Germanicbijōbee
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰī-to hit, to pierce

via English nothing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnothingAPI; Not any thing; no thing; An absence of...
2Middle EnglishnothyngNot any thing; no thing
3Old Englishnāþing—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰī- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bijō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *bijā →