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annihilo.

to bring to nothing, annihilate, obliterate, destroy utterly, benothing

8 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[anˈni.(ɦ)ɪ.ɫoː]Classical-Latin[anˈniː.ki.lo]

  1. to bring to nothing, annihilate, obliterate, destroy utterly, benothing

    Late-Latin · conjugation-1 · transitive

  2. to annul, invalidate

    Medieval-Latin · conjugation-1 · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin nihil Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin annihilō From ad- + nihil (“nothing”) + -ō.

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