The story
- Middle French · derived fromannullement
- Latin · derived from-mentum
- Latin · derived fromannūllāre
- Middle French · derived fromannuller
- Middle English · inherited fromanullement
- English todayannulment
Recorded since the 15th century (sense destruction); from Middle English anullement, partly from annullen (from Middle French annuller, from Latin annūllāre, from ad (“to”) + nūllus (“not any, nothing”) + verbal ending -āre) + -ment (“means to”) (from Latin -mentum) and partly from Middle French annullement. By surface analysis, annul + -ment.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.