The word zero came into the English language via French from the Italian , a contraction of the Venetian form of Italian via ṣafira or ṣifr. In pre-Islamic time the word (Arabic ) had the meaning "empty". evolved to mean zero when it was used to translate () from India. The first known English use of zero was in 1598.
The word zero came into the English language via French from the Italian  a contraction of the Venetian form of Italian via ṣafira or ṣifr. In pre-Islamic time the word (Arabic ) had the meaning "empty". evolved to mean zero when it was used to translate () from India The first known English use of zero was in 1598