Where does “ceru” come from?

ceru (Fala) comes from Spanish cero, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic صِفْر, from Sanskrit शून्य, from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-.

ceru (Fala): zero

Definitions

  1. zero

Ancestry of “ceru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcerozero
2Medieval Latinzephirumzero
3Arabicصِفْرzero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;...
4Sanskritशून्यzero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱówH-—
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