nix词源

英文词源

nix (n.)

"nothing, none," 1789, from German nix, dialectal variant of nichts "nothing," from Middle High German nihtes, from genitive of niht, nit "nothing," from Old High German niwiht, from ni, ne "no" (see un-) + wiht "thing, creature" (compare naught).

nix (v.)

"cancel, refuse, forbid," 1903, from nix (n.). Related: Nixed; nixing.