Re: res nata

On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 10:44:23 -0500, Tristan McLeay <zsau@...>
wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, Adam Walker wrote:
>> Can anyone explain the origin of this phrase to me?
>> My Spanish etymological dict tells me that res
>> nata/rem natam is the source of the Spanish "nada"
>> (and thus, I would assume, the Portugese "nada") and
>> the French "rien" (and I assume the Catalan "res"),
>>
>> But I can't figure out where the "nata" part comes
>> from.  It can't be na:ta/gna:ta which means "daughter"
>> can it?  Is it a form of the verb nato:?  Is it
>> related to birth? or fish? or buttocks?
>>
>> Also, what is the source of the Italian/Sicilian
>> niente/nente and the Romanian nimic?
>>
>> Adam of the many questions
>
> Tristan of but one: what's it all mean?
Nothing :x)



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