Re: Origin of "rien" and "res"?

I can't say about the Catalan, but the French word is
from the accusative of Latin 'res', that is, 'rem'.
Guessing here, but perhaps Catalan is the nominative
form.

-Elliott

--- "Adam F." <hypaholic@...> wrote:

> Does anyone know the origins of two words "rien" and
> "res". They are both
> the words for "nothing" the first is French and the
> second Catalan. I wonder
> if they are cognates, but I can't find anything
> about it online. This is for
> a conlang project so I thought maybe someone would
> know.
>
> Thanks,
> Adam
>

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