Where does “null” come from?

null (Faroese) comes from Latin nūllus, from Proto-Italic oinos, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

null (Faroese): zero; the numeric symbol that represents the...

Definitions

  1. zero; the numeric symbol that represents the...

Ancestry of “null”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnūllusno one, none, not any, nothing
2Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos →Every word from Proto-Italic oinos →Every word from Latin nūllus →