Where does “zéró morféma” come from?

zéró morféma (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian morféma, from French morphème, from Ancient Greek μορφή — shape, form; appearance; outline.

zéró morféma (Hungarian): null morpheme, zero morpheme a morpheme that has no phonetic form; it is represented as the empty set symbol

Definitions

  1. null morpheme, zero morpheme a morpheme that has no phonetic form; it is represented as the empty set symbol

Ancestry of “zéró morféma”, step by step

zéró morféma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian morféma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmorfémamorpheme smallest linguistic unit
2Frenchmorphèmemorpheme
3Ancient Greekμορφήshape, form; appearance; outline

via Hungarian zéró

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianzérózero, none whatsoever, none at all
Every word from Ancient Greek μορφή →Every word from French morphème →Every word from Hungarian morféma →