Etymology

null

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Today it means: A non-existent or empty value or set of values. Full definition →

Middle French nu ← Old French nul ← Latin nūllus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  3. Proto-Italic*oinos
  4. Proto-Italic*noinolos
  5. Latinnūllus
  6. Old Frenchnul
  7. Middle Frenchnu
  8. English todaynull

Borrowed from Middle French nul, from Latin nūllus.

Words from the same roots

Latinnūllus all →

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