nullifidian

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
3. Proto-Italic*oinos
4. Proto-Italic*noinolos
5. Latinnūllus
6. Old Frenchnul
7. Middle Frenchnu
8. Englishnull
9. Englishnulli-
10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeydʰ-
11. Latinfidēs
12. English todaynullifidian

From nulli- (prefix meaning ‘null; no’) + Latin fidēs (“belief, faith”) + English -ian (suffix meaning ‘one belonging to, from, like, or relating to’, forming nouns; and ‘from, like, or related to’ forming adjectives) (compare Late Latin nullifidius (“infidel”)): * Nulli- is derived from Latin nūllus (“not any”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos, *óynos (“one; single”). * Fidēs is from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to convince; to trust”).

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