Why is a 0 score in tennis called love?

Answer 1

It is commonly believed that a score of zero in tennis is called love because of a mispronunciation of the French word L'oeuf. L'oeuf means egg in French and is sometimes used as slang for zero.

Answer 2

Apparently, it is from the French "L'Oeuf" (the Egg). A zero being egg-shaped.

Answer 3

The origins of scores in tennis are thought to have medieval and French roots. "LOVE" may have come from the French word "l'oeuf", which means, egg, symbolising nothing.

Answer 4

I believe it is called love because it originated in France. In French zero used to mean love.

Answer 5

Love is French meaning oval , the zero is oval in shape.

Answer 6

It comes from the French word(oeuf) meaning egg.The egg shape being similar to the zero. This then got pick up by the engish as "love". JD

Answer 7

when tennis originated it was called l'euf, which means egg, cuz they thought it looked like an egg.

but when English heard it they thought it was "love"

Answer 8

People still aren't sure. One explanation is that it comes from the French l'oeuf, 'the egg', representing the shape of a 0.