Where does “nul” come from?

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

nul (Romanian): null, insignificant

Definitions

  1. null, insignificant

Ancestry of “nul”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnulno, nil; of poor quality, lousy, rubbish; lame
2Middle Frenchnulnobody; no one; none
3Old Frenchnulnobody; no one; none
4Latinnūllusno one, none, not any, nothing
5Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
6Proto-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 →