Where does “nūllus” come from?

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

nūllus (Latin): no one, none, not any, nothing

Definitions

  1. no one, none, not any, nothing

Ancestry of “nūllus”, step by step

nūllus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic oinos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

via Proto-Italic *noinolos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*noinolos—

Words derived from “nūllus”

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