nothing

Meanings

1. 1
   pron

   Not anything; no thing.

   Don't just say nothing. Tell me what's going on.

2. 2
   noun

   Something of no importance.

   What happened to your face? It's nothing.

3. 3
   adv

   Not at all; in no way.

   The new house is nothing like the old one.

From Middle English nothyng, noon thing, non thing, na þing, nan thing, nan þing, from Old English nāþing, nān þing (“nothing”, literally “not any thing”), equivalent to no + thing. Compare Old English nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “no thing”), Swedish ingenting (“nothing”, literally “not any thing, no thing”).

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