Where does “zilde” come from?
zilde (English) comes from English zero, from Middle French zero, from Italian Zero, from New Latin zerum, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic صِفْر, from Sanskrit शून्य, from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-.
zilde (English): In the APL programming language, the symbol ⍬ (a zero crossed by a tilde), representing an empty numeric vector
Definitions
- In the APL programming language, the symbol ⍬ (a zero crossed by a tilde), representing an empty numeric vector
Ancestry of “zilde”, step by step
zilde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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- | — |
via English tilde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tilde | The grapheme of character ~; The character used... |
| 2 | Spanish | tilde | accent mark, i.e. acute accent; tilde; criticism,... |
| 3 | Spanish | tildar | to declare or brand as; to stigmatize; to put a... |
| 4 | Late Latin | titulare | nominative neuter singular of titulāris;... |
| 5 | Latin | titulus | title; placard, tablet; inscription |