Where does “zeroing” come from?
Zeroing is the present participle of zero, which comes from French zéro, from Italian zero, from Arabic ṣifr meaning "empty" or "nothing."
zeroing (English): present participle of zero; The act, or the...
Definitions
- present participle of zero; The act, or the...
Ancestry of “zeroing”, step by step
| 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- | — |