rien

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French word rien comes from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís, Proto-Indo-European *rī-, and later Proto-Italic *reis (Thing, matter.)

*reh₁ís (Proto-Indo-European)

*rī- (Proto-Indo-European)

*reis (Proto-Italic)

Thing, matter.

re (Latin)

About, regarding, with reference to.

rien (Old French)

(used with "ne") nothing. Thing Being; creature. Thing; object.

rien (French)

(archaic) anything. Nothing.

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