Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ex nihilo nihil fit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables: ex ni-hilo ni-hil -fit
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Nothing comes from nothing; out of nothing, nothing is produced.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ex nihilō nihil fit (literally “out of nothing is made nothing”), from De rerum natura by Lucretius.

Inflected Forms

ex nihilo nihil (alternative)

Questions

What does ex nihilo nihil fit mean?: Nothing comes from nothing; out of nothing, nothing is produced.
Where does ex nihilo nihil fit come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin ex nihilō nihil fit (literally “out of nothing is made nothing”), from De rerum natura by Lucretius.

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