Where does “null suffix” come from?
null suffix (English) comes from English suffix, from Latin suffixus, from Latin suffigo, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
Ancestry of “null suffix”, step by step
null suffix traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English suffix
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | suffix | A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify... |
| 2 | Latin | suffixus | fastened |
| 3 | Latin | suffigo | I fasten or fix onto |
| 4 | Latin | sub | under, beneath; behind; at the feet of |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | supo | under |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
via English null
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | null | A non-existent or empty value or set of values;... |
| 2 | Middle French | nul | nobody; no one; none |
| 3 | Old French | nul | nobody; no one; none |
| 4 | Latin | nūllus | no one, none, not any, nothing |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | oinos | cardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | óynos | one; single |