there is nothing new under the sun

English

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Etymology

Calque of Latin nihil sub sōle novum, itself a calque from the Hebrew אֵין כָּל חָדָשׁ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ (en kol chadásh táchat hashámesh, “there is nothing new under the sun”).[1]

Proverb

there is nothing new under the sun

  1. There is nothing truly novel in existence; every new idea has some sort of precedent or echo from the past.

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References
  1. The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, Ecclesiastes 1:9, column 1.: “ […]; and there is no new thing vnder the ſunne.”
  2. https://crd.ndl.go.jp/reference/modules/d3ndlcrdentry/index.php?page=ref_view&id=1000024566
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