Where does “nul” come from?
nul (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto nulo, from German Null, from German Nulla, from Italian nulla, from Latin nūlla, from Latin nūllus, from Proto-Italic oinos, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.
nul (Esperanto): nought, zero, nil
Ancestry of “nul”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | nulo | a set of zero, i.e. an empty set |
| 2 | German | Null | zero; failure, loser |
| 3 | German | Nulla | — |
| 4 | Italian | nulla | feminine singular of nullo; nothing, anything;... |
| 5 | Latin | nūlla | — |
| 6 | Latin | nūllus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | oinos | cardinal number
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| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | óynos | one; single |