nil的词源

英文词源

nil

nil: [19] Latin nil was a contracted form of nihil ‘nothing’ (source of English nihilism [19]). This in turn was a shortening of an earlier nihilum, a compound formed from the negative particle nī and hīlum ‘small or trivial thing’, and thus denoted etymologically ‘not a jot’.
=> nihilism

nil (n.)

"nothing," 1833, from Latin nil, contraction of nihil, nihilum "nothing, not at all; in vain," from ne- "not" (see un-) + hilum "small thing, trifle," of unknown origin.

中文词源

nil：零

缩写自拉丁语nihil,空无，没有，来自ne-,没有，hilum,琐碎，小东西。即什么都没有，引申词义零，空无。

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