Where does “anihilare” come from?
anihilare (Romanian) comes from Romanian anihila, from French annihiler, from Latin annihilāre, from Latin nihil, from Latin nihilum, from Latin nē, from Latin gēns, from Proto-Italic *gentis — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
anihilare (Romanian): annihilation
Definitions
- annihilation
Ancestry of “anihilare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | anihila | to annihilate |
| 2 | French | annihiler | to annihilate |
| 3 | Latin | annihilāre | — |
| 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 |