ex nihilo nihil fit

English

Alternative forms

  • ex nihilo nihil

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ex nihilō nihil fit (literally “out of nothing is made nothing”), from De rerum natura by Lucretius.[1]

Phrase

ex nihilo nihil fit

  1. Nothing comes from nothing; out of nothing, nothing is produced.[2]

References

  1. ^ ex nihilo nihil fit in PWN's encyclopedia
  2. ^ “ex nihilo nihil fit”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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