Etymology

ex nihilo nihil fit

Today it means: Nothing comes from nothing; out of nothing, nothing is produced. Full definition →

Latin ex nihilō nihil fit
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromex nihilō nihil fit
  2. English todayex nihilo nihil fit

Learned borrowing from Latin ex nihilō nihil fit (literally “out of nothing is made nothing”), from De rerum natura by Lucretius.

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