The word zero came via French zéro from Venetian zero, which (together with cypher) came via Italian zefiro from Arabic صفر, ṣafira = "it was empty", ṣifr = "zero", "nothing". This was a translation of the Sanskrit word shoonya (śūnya), meaning "empty". The first known English use was in 1598.
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Interesting word. And I knew a girl with the last name Zeffiro in PA. She was from Lawn Guyland and lives in VA now.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero
Interesting word. And I knew a girl with the last name Zeffiro in PA. She was from Lawn Guyland and lives in VA now.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
