Where does “nullifying” come from?
Nullifying comes from English null, from Middle French nul, from Latin nullus meaning "not any," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne meaning "not" combined with Latin facio meaning "to make."
nullifying (English): present participle of nullify; The act or process...
Definitions
- present participle of nullify; The act or process...
Ancestry of “nullifying”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nullify | To make legally invalid; To prevent from... |
| 2 | English | -ify | To produce verbs meaning "to make" |
| 3 | Middle English | -ifien | — |
| 4 | Old French | -ifier | — |
| 5 | Latin | -ifico | Enlarged form of of -ficō; dative masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -fico | Forms factitive, causative, or other verbs from... |
| 7 | Latin | facio | I do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | fakjō | to make |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *θakjō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰh₁k-yé-ti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |