nada etymology

English word nada comes from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós (Begotten, produced.), Proto-Italic *gnāskōr (Be born.)

Detailed word origin of nada

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*ǵn̥h₁tós Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) Begotten, produced.
*gnāskōr Proto-Italic (itc-pro) Be born.
*gnātos Proto-Italic (itc-pro)
gnascor Latin (lat)
gnatus Latin (lat)
natus Latin (lat) Son (of plants) growth, growing. Son, birth, age, years.
nada Spanish (spa) (when used with a negative verb) anything. Nothing, zero, zilch Nothingness.
nada English (eng) (informal, colloquial) nothing.

Words with the same origin as nada

Descendants of *ǵn̥h₁tós
international naive nat nation national nationality nationwide native natural naturally nazi noel supernatural unnatural
Descendants of *gnāskōr
renaissance