Etymology

nullius filius

Today it means: A child of unknown parentage; an orphan. Full definition →

Medieval Latin nullius filius ← Latin nullius
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromnullius
  2. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromnullius filius“nobody's son”
  3. English todaynullius filius

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nullius filius (“nobody's son”), from Latin nullius + filius.

Words from the same roots

Latinnullius all →

nullius in bonis

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