Where does “nule” come from?
nule (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto nul, from Esperanto nulo, from German Null, from German Nulla, from Italian nulla, from Latin nūlla, from Latin nūllus, from Proto-Italic oinos — one; single.
nule (Esperanto): not at all; in no way
Definitions
- not at all; in no way
Ancestry of “nule”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | nul | nought, zero, nil |
| 2 | Esperanto | nulo | a set of zero, i.e. an empty set |
| 3 | German | Null | zero; failure, loser |
| 4 | German | Nulla | — |
| 5 | Italian | nulla | feminine singular of nullo; nothing, anything;... |
| 6 | Latin | nūlla | no |
| 7 | Latin | nūllus | no one, none, not any, nothing |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | oinos | cardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | óynos | one; single |