Where does “nula” come from?

nula (Slovak) comes from Italian nulla, from Latin nūlla, from Latin nūllus, from Proto-Italic oinos, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

nula (Slovak): zero cardinal for 0

Definitions

  1. zero cardinal for 0

Ancestry of “nula”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nula”

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