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Where does “nullui” come from?

nullui (Middle French) comes from Old French nului, from Old French nul, from Latin nūllus, from Proto-Italic oinos, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

nullui (Middle French): nobody

Definitions

  1. nobody

Ancestry of “nullui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnuluinobody
2Old Frenchnulnobody; no one; none
3Latinnūllus—
4Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
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