Aught

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”

See Also

Ought, Whit, Wight

Homographs

Aught, Aught