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Latin
Etymology
First used in 1202 by Italian mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci, borrowed from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “nothing”, “cipher”). Not related to zephyrus.
Pronunciation
Noun
zephirum n (genitive zephirī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin, mathematics) zero
1202, Leonardo Fibonacci, chapter I, in Liber Abaci:Cum his itaque novem figuris, et cum hoc signo 0, quod arabice zephirum appellatur, scribitur quilibet numerus, […]- With these nine figures, and with this sign 0, which is called zero in Arabic, any number can be written,
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
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