Where does “self-annihilate” come from?
self-annihilate (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.
self-annihilate (English): To annihilate oneself by one's own act
Definitions
- To annihilate oneself by one's own act
Ancestry of “self-annihilate”, step by step
self-annihilate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English annihilate
| 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 |
via English Self
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Self | Himself, herself, itself, themself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned) |
| 2 | Middle English | salve | Alternative form of sauf |
| 3 | Old English | sealf | salve |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | salbu | salve, ointment |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | salbō | salve, ointment |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | solp-éh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | selp- | fat, oil |