Where does “Null” come from?

Null (German) comes from German Nulla, from Italian nulla, from Latin nūlla, from Latin nūllus, from Proto-Italic oinos, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

Null (German): zero; failure, loser

Definitions

  1. zero; failure, loser

Ancestry of “Null”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanNulla—
2Italiannullafeminine singular of nullo; nothing, anything;...
3Latinnūllano
4Latinnūllusno one, none, not any, nothing
5Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

Words derived from “Null”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos →Every word from Proto-Italic oinos →Every word from Latin nūllus →