Where does “negar” come from?

negar (Asturian) comes from Latin negō, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

negar (Asturian): to deny; to refuse

Definitions

  1. to deny; to refuse

Ancestry of “negar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnegōto deny
2Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
3Latinnequenot; and not, also not
4Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
5Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe →Every word from Latin neque →
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