@jensclasen TIL: "null" comes from german./me files that in the back of his wetware
@nisroc
IIRC...
'Null' came from Italian/Latin 'nulla' to both English and German.
But then English also got 'zero' from French/medieval Latin ('zephirum')/Arabic ('sifr' - also the origin of'cypher').And that synonym became the dominantly used word.
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@nisroc
IIRC...
'Null' came from Italian/Latin 'nulla' to both English and German.
But then English also got 'zero' from French/medieval Latin ('zephirum')/Arabic ('sifr' - also the origin of'cypher').
And that synonym became the dominantly used word.