Nihility
/nʌɪˈhɪlɪti/noun
The state of being nothing; nothingness or nullity.
Did you know?It comes from Latin nihil, “nothing,” a root that later powered philosophical language about emptiness, denial, and the collapse of meaning.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ne
“not”
Latin
Latin
nihil
“nothing”
Late Latin
Latin
nihilitas
“nothingness, nonexistence”
Middle English
English
nihilite
“nothingness; nullity”
Modern English
English
nihility
“the state of being nothing; nothingness”
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