Where does “zero prefix” come from?
zero prefix (English) comes from English prefix, from Latin praefixum, from Latin praefixus, from Latin praefigo, from Latin prae-, from Proto-Italic prai-, from Proto-Indo-European preh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
zero prefix (English): The digit 0 that begins all telephone numbers in the United Kingdom, which is substituted for the country code in the event of international calls
Definitions
- The digit 0 that begins all telephone numbers in the United Kingdom, which is substituted for the country code in the event of international calls
Ancestry of “zero prefix”, step by step
zero prefix traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English prefix
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | prefix | Something placed before another; To determine... |
| 2 | Latin | praefixum | nominative neuter singular of praefīxus;... |
| 3 | Latin | praefixus | fastened or attached in front; prefixed |
| 4 | Latin | praefigo | I fasten before, attach in front; I point with |
| 5 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English zero
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | zero | The cardinal number occurring before one and that... |
| 2 | Middle French | zero | — |
| 3 | Italian | Zero | zero |
| 4 | New Latin | zerum | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | zephirum | zero |
| 6 | Arabic | صِفْر | zero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | शून्य | zero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱówH- | — |