Where does “nada” come from?

nada (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin nata, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁tós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

nada (Old Portuguese): nothing

Definitions

  1. nothing

Ancestry of “nada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnatafemale child, daughter; girl; second-person...
2Latinnātusborn, arisen, made
3Latingnātus—
4Proto-Italicgnātosborn
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁tósbegotten, produced
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “nada”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁tós →Every word from Proto-Italic gnātos →