Where does “ноль” come from?

ноль (Russian) comes from German Null, from German Nulla, from Italian nulla, from Latin nūlla, from Latin nūllus, from Proto-Italic oinos, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

ноль (Russian): zero (0)

Definitions

  1. zero (0)

Ancestry of “ноль”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanNullzero; failure, loser
2GermanNulla—
3Italiannullafeminine singular of nullo; nothing, anything;...
4Latinnūllano
5Latinnūllusno one, none, not any, nothing
6Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

Words derived from “ноль”

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