Where does “néant” come from?
néant (French) comes from Latin nē, from Latin gēns, from Proto-Italic *gentis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁tis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
néant (French): nothingness, void, emptiness
Definitions
- nothingness, void, emptiness
Ancestry of “néant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | nē | — |
| 2 | Latin | gēns | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *gentis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁tis | birth, production |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
Words derived from “néant”