They are compounds of no- ("no") and wiht ("thing"). The words "aught" and "ought" (the latter in its noun sense) similarly come from Old English "āwiht" and "ōwiht", which are similarly compounds of a ("ever") and wiht. Their meanings are opposites to "naught" and "nought"—they mean "anything" or "all".
1. : zero, cipher. archaic : nonentity, nothing.
The use of aught and ought to mean "zero" is very much proscribed as the word aught originally meant the opposite of naught: "anything". This may be due to misanalysis, or may simply be the result of speakers confusing the meanings of aught and naught due to similar-sounding phonemes.
Etymology 1
From Middle English oughte, aughte, aȝte, ahte, from Old English āhte, first and third person singular past tense of Old English āgan (“to own, possess”), equivalent to owe + -t.
ought (v.) Old English ahte "owned, possessed," past tense of agan "to own, possess; owe" (see owe).
Ought to has the same meaning as the modal should, and it is used in the same ways, but ought to is less common and more formal than should.
auxiliary verb. (used to express duty or moral obligation): Every citizen ought to help. (used to express justice, moral rightness, or the like): He ought to be punished. You ought to be ashamed.
The word aught continues in use for 0 in a series of one or more for sizes larger than 1. For American Wire Gauge, the largest gauges are written 1/0, 2/0, 3/0, and 4/0 and pronounced "one aught", "two aught", etc. Shot pellet diameters 0, 00, and 000 are pronounced "aught", "double aught", and "triple aught".
ought in American English
auxiliary verb used with infinitives and meaning: 1.
"Naught" and "nought" come from the Old English "nāwiht" and "nōwiht", respectively, both of which mean "nothing". They are compounds of no- ("no") and wiht ("thing").
Over-the-Top (OTT) definition
The video is delivered in a streaming or video-on-demand (VOD) format. Different types of OTT services include Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. Mass media and networks are also launching their own OTT services such as Disney+ and NBC's Peacock.
In spoken English, the number “0” is often read as the letter "o", often spelled “oh”. This is especially true when “0” is included with a list of other numbers. This is most commonly used with phone numbers.
The word cipher was once used as another name for zero. Sometimes, the term goose egg is used as an informal way to refer to zero, especially in the context of a score, as in I scored a big ol' goose egg on that round.
The term w00t (spelled with double-zero, "00"), or woot, is a slang interjection used to express happiness or excitement, usually used in online conversation.
Definition of AWG (reference Wikipedia)
36 AWG IS .005 inches diameter. 0000 or 4/0 or four aught IS .46 inches diameter.
The aughts (American English) or noughties (British English) are terms referring to the decade 2000 to 2009. These arise from the words aught and nought respectively, both meaning zero.
You ought to have a doctor take a look at that sore on your arm. I really ought to go to the funeral, because we were close friends. Aught is a pronoun that means “anything” or “all.” Aught is also a noun that means nothing or zero.
What is buckshot? Buckshot is, quite simply, a larger shot originally intended for hunting deer-sized game (male deer are called "bucks"), and indeed some people still do hunt deer with buckshot where permitted.
The first recorded zero appeared in Mesopotamia around 3 B.C. The Mayans invented it independently circa 4 A.D. It was later devised in India in the mid-fifth century, spread to Cambodia near the end of the seventh century, and into China and the Islamic countries at the end of the eighth.
The British and others pronounce “z”, “zed”, owing to the origin of the letter “z”, the Greek letter “Zeta”. This gave rise to the Old French “zede”, which resulted in the English “zed” around the 15th century.
The use of ought to is similar to should, but it is much less frequent. Like should, the verb ought to does not have a past form. It is only used with reference to the present and the future.
Any one; any thing. And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have OUGHT against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. ( Mark 11:25 ) Source: A King James Dictionary. ( Used with permission.