Where does “nihilator” come from?
nihilator (English) comes from English nihilate, from Latin nihilō, from Latin nihil, from Latin nihilum, from Latin nē, from Latin gēns, from Proto-Italic *gentis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁tis — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
nihilator (English): That which nihilates
Definitions
- That which nihilates
Ancestry of “nihilator”, step by step
nihilator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English nihilate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nihilate | To encase in a shell of non-being; The action of... |
| 2 | Latin | nihilō | by nothing, no more than, by no means |
| 3 | Latin | nihil | indefinite nothing |
| 4 | Latin | nihilum | nothing; no value |
| 5 | Latin | nē | no; not |
| 6 | Latin | gēns | Roman clan (related by birth or marriage and sharing a common name and often united by certain religious rites) |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *gentis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁tis | birth, production |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via English ‐or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 2 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |