The story
- Latin · borrowed fromnīl
- English todaynil
Borrowed from Latin nīl, a contraction of nihil, nihilum (“nothing”). See nihilism, nihility.
Words from the same roots
Latinnīl all →
nil-nil per os
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
nil
Today it means: Nothing; zero. Full definition →
Latin nīl