Etymology

nothingness

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Today it means: The state of nonexistence; the condition of being nothing. Full definition →

English nothing ← Middle English nothyng ← Old English nāþing
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The story

  1. Old Englishnāþing
  2. Middle Englishnothyng
  3. Englishnothing
  4. English todaynothingness

From nothing + -ness.

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