Where does “naught” come from?

naught (Middle English) comes from Old English nāwiht, from Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht — nothing.

naught (Middle English): Alternative form of nought

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of nought

Ancestry of “naught”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishnāwihtnothing, naught
2Proto-West Germanic*naiwwihtnothing

Words derived from “naught”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht →Every word from Old English nāwiht →