Naught
/nɔːt/noun
Nothing; zero; nonexistence.
Did you know?In medieval texts, 'naught' was often associated with sin and moral emptiness, linking it to the void in spiritual terms.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ne-
“not; negation.”
Old English
Old English
naht
“nothing; not a thing.”
Middle English
Middle English
naught
“nothing; worthless.”
14th Century
Middle English
nawt
“denoting an absence or lack.”
Modern English
English
naught
“a term for nothing, often in a moral or existential context.”