Where does “Null” come from?

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

Null (Luxembourgish): zero

Definitions

  1. zero

Ancestry of “Null”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnūllano
2Latinnūllusno one, none, not any, nothing
3Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos →Every word from Proto-Italic oinos →Every word from Latin nūllus →