Nihil
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| '''Nihil''' is the the [[absence]] of anything; [[nothing]]. | '''Nihil''' is the the [[absence]] of anything; [[nothing]]. | ||
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| + | From ''nihilum'', from ''ne-'' (“not”) + ''hilum'' (“a hilum; a [[trifle]], a [[bagatelle]]”), or unknown origin. | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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| Homo sum, et nihil humani a me alienum puto (I am a man, I consider nothing that is human alien to me). -- Terence |
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Nihil is the the absence of anything; nothing.
Etymology
From nihilum, from ne- (“not”) + hilum (“a hilum; a trifle, a bagatelle”), or unknown origin.
See also
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