Where does “صِفْر” come from?

صِفْر (Arabic) comes from Sanskrit शून्य, from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-.

صِفْر (Arabic): zero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;...

Definitions

  1. zero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;...

Ancestry of “صِفْر”, step by step

صِفْر traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit शून्य

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritशून्यzero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱówH-—

via Arabic صَفِرَ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicصَفِرَto be empty

Words derived from “صِفْر”

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