Where does “zerovoltmetro” come from?

zerovoltmetro (Italian) comes from Italian Zero, from New Latin zerum, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic صِفْر, from Sanskrit शून्य, from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-.

zerovoltmetro (Italian): A voltmeter that has the zero position in the...

Definitions

  1. A voltmeter that has the zero position in the...

Ancestry of “zerovoltmetro”, step by step

zerovoltmetro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian Zero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianZerozero
2New Latinzerum—
3Medieval Latinzephirumzero
4Arabicصِفْرzero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;...
5Sanskritशून्यzero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱówH-—

via Italian voltmetro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvoltmetrovoltmeter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH- →Every word from Sanskrit शून्य →Every word from Arabic صِفْر →