Morpheme
Aught
Type
free base
Denotation
something, anything
Etymology
Middle English aught, ought; Old English āht, āwiht, from ā + wiht
Evidence
aught, fearnaught, naught, naughtier, naughties, naughtily, naughtiness, naughts, naughty, naughtyish, naugtiest
Notes
homophone of Ought
<n- + Aught> denotes “zero, nothing” and literally means “not anything”
