nihility

The story

1. Latin · derived fromnihil“nothing”
2. Renaissance Latin · derived fromnihilitās
3. English todaynihility

From Renaissance Latin nihilitās, from Latin nihil (“nothing”).

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from 17th c. The state or fact of being nothing; nothingness, nullity; nonexistence.
• 18th–19th c. A nonexistent thing; nothing.