naught的词源

英文词源

naught (n.)

Old English nawiht "nothing," lit "no whit," from na "no" (from PIE root *ne- "no, not;" see un- (1)) + wiht "thing, creature, being" (see wight). Cognate with Old Saxon neowiht "nothing," Old High German niwiht, Gothic ni waihts. It also developed an adjectival sense in Old English, "good for nothing," which by mid-16c. had focused to "morally bad, wicked." In arithmetic, "the figure zero" from 1640s.

中文词源

naught：零

来自古英语nawiht,没有，来自na,没有，词源同no,wiht,一点点，词源同whit。即一点都没有，零。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：naught 词源，naught 含义。

naught：零；无价值

古英语中写作nawiht，意为“nothing”，这里na-同no，而-wiht同单词wight [waɪt] n.人类；生物。古英语时代已有“good for nothing”的形容词含义，而作为数学词汇，则是零。

naughty： ['nɔːtɪ] adj.顽皮的；不听话的；不适当的；下流的。