Where does “nului” come from?

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

nului (Old French): nobody

Definitions

  1. nobody

Ancestry of “nului”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnulnobody; no one; none
2Latinnūllusno one, none, not any, nothing
3Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

Words derived from “nului”

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