Where does “nul” come from?

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

nul (Old French): nobody; no one; none

Definitions

  1. nobody; no one; none

Ancestry of “nul”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnūllusno one, none, not any, nothing
2Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

Words derived from “nul”

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