ex nihilo nihil fit

Pronunciation key ( eks nī′hil-ō nī′hil fit ) ( ĕks nē′ə-lō′, nī′-, nĭ′-)

ex ni•hi•lo ni•hil fit

adj. and adv.

[Lat.]

1. Out of nothing comes nothing. Nothing is made out of nothing.
2. Out of nothing.
3. Nothing is created from nothing. All that exists has always existed.

References

The American College Dictionary (Random House) ©1949

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955

Reader's Digest Great Encyclopedic Dictionary ©1966-1967

Funk and Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary ©1977

The American Heritage Dictionary, Second College Edition ©1985