Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

there is nothing new under the sun

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.78 in modern English

Syllables
there is noth-ing new un-der the -sun
IPA
42
Scrabble Score
28
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

There is nothing truly novel in existence; every new idea has some sort of precedent or echo from the past.

Etymology

Calque of Latin nihil sub sōle novum, itself a calque from the Hebrew אֵין כָּל חָדָשׁ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ (en kol chadásh táchat hashámesh, “there is nothing new under the sun”) found in Ecclesiastes 1:9.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: אֵין כָּל חָדָשׁ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ

Inflected Forms

nothing new under the sun (alternative)

Phrases

everything old is new again nothing is said that has not been said before the more things change, the more they stay the same

Frequently Paired Words

everything old is new again nothing is said that has not been said before SSDD the more things change, the more they stay the same

Questions

What does there is nothing new under the sun mean?
There is nothing truly novel in existence; every new idea has some sort of precedent or echo from the past.
Where does there is nothing new under the sun come from?
It is traced to Hebrew.

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