EuroHiT/Zero

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Catalan[edit | edit source]

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No. Variants of Lexical Type Chronological Data Distribution Origin Sources
1 zero ... ... Arab. ṣifr 'emptiness'
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Croatian[edit | edit source]

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Czech[edit | edit source]

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Danish[edit | edit source]

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No. Variants of Lexical Type Chronological Data Distribution Origin Sources
1 nul ... ... Lat. nullum 'nothing'
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Dutch[edit | edit source]

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No. Variants of Lexical Type Chronological Data Distribution Origin Sources
1 nul ... general Lat. nullum 'nothing' ...
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English[edit | edit source]

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No. Variants of Lexical Type Chronological Data Distribution Origin Sources
1 zero since 1604 general < Fr. < It. < Arab. ṣifr 'emptiness' (cf. type cipher) OED
2 nil since 1550 general < Lat. OED
3 OE nāwiht, ModE nought/naught (since 1821 also ought with misinterpretation of the n- as part of the indef. art. an) since OE general OE ne + a + wiht, lit. 'not a person' OED
4 null since 17th c mathematicians' jargon < Lat. nullum 'nothing' OED
5 o since 1425 general < O, the letter OED
6 cipher since 1399 the word is now rather used in the sense of 'figure symbol in general' < Lat. < Arabic ṣifr 'emptiness' (cf. type zero) OED
7 nullo 1598-1824 typographers' jargon It. OED
8 ni(c)hil . high register < Lat. nihil 'nothing' OED
9 niks, nix . low register < G.coll. nix OED
10 nit 1902 and 1910 - < adv. nit 'not, no' OED
11 theta only once in 1450 - < the name of the Greek letter OED
12 duck's egg since 19th c. Cricket jargon metaphorical use of duck's egg OED
13 goose-egg since 19th c sports jargon metaphorical use of goose-egg OED
14 zilch since 1966 coll. Mr. Zilch 'nickname for an indefinite person; sb unimportant' (1931) > zilch 'gibberish, meaningless speech' (1960) > 'sth unimportant, nothing important' > 'nothing' Barnhart
15 zip since 1900 coll., US of expressive origin (like pip 'short high-pitched electronic tone', tip 'stroke, hit, noiseless tap' OED
16 blank since 19th c sports jargon figurative use OED
17 love 1742 sports jargon acc. to the etymological dictionaries from the phrase for love 'for fun, for nothing materialistic'; a popular view sees Fr. l'oeuf 'the egg' as the starting-point of 'love' OED

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Estonian[edit | edit source]

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Finnish[edit | edit source]

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No. Variants of Lexical Type Chronological Data Distribution Origin Sources
1 nolla ... ... Lat. nullum 'nothing', nulla 'no, none' wiktionary
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French[edit | edit source]

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No. Variants of Lexical Type Chronological Data Distribution Origin Sources
1 zéro ... ... It. < Arab. ṣifr 'emptiness'
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Frisian[edit | edit source]

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German[edit | edit source]

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No. Variants of Lexical Type Chronological Data Distribution Origin Sources
1 null ... ... Lat. nullum 'nothing'
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Hungarian[edit | edit source]

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No. Variants of Lexical Type Chronological Data Distribution Origin Sources
1 nulla ... ... Lat. nulla 'no, none'
2 zéró ... ... Arab. ṣifr 'emptiness' wiktionary
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Irish[edit | edit source]

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No. Variants of Lexical Type Chronological Data Distribution Origin Sources
1 nialas ... ... ... wiktionary
2 náid ... ... ... wiktionary
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Italian[edit | edit source]

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No. Variants of Lexical Type Chronological Data Distribution Origin Sources
1 zero ... ... Arab. ṣifr 'emptiness'
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Ladin[edit | edit source]

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Latvian[edit | edit source]

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Lithuanian[edit | edit source]

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Maltese[edit | edit source]

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Norwegian[edit | edit source]

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No. Variants of Lexical Type Chronological Data Distribution Origin Sources
1 null ... ... Lat. nullum 'nothing'
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Occitan[edit | edit source]

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Polish[edit | edit source]

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No. Variants of Lexical Type Chronological Data Distribution Origin Sources
1 zero ... ... Arab. ṣifr 'emptiness'
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Portuguese[edit | edit source]

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No. Variants of Lexical Type Chronological Data Distribution Origin Sources
1 zero ... ... Arab. ṣifr 'emptiness'
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Rumantsch[edit | edit source]

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Slovak[edit | edit source]

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Slovenian[edit | edit source]

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Spanish[edit | edit source]

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No. Variants of Lexical Type Chronological Data Distribution Origin Sources
1 cero ... ... Arab. ṣifr 'emptiness'
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Swedish[edit | edit source]

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No. Variants of Lexical Type Chronological Data Distribution Origin Sources
1 noll ... ... Lat. nullum 'nothing'
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  • wide distribution of the Arabic term as this was the most extraordinary symbol to the Europeans who adopted the decimal writing system from the Arabs

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(Cf. also the guidelines for the EuroHiT Project.)

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