Where does “abnegat” come from?

abnegat (Catalan) comes from Latin abnegatus, from Latin abnegō, from Latin negō, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

abnegat (Catalan): self-denying

Definitions

  1. self-denying

Ancestry of “abnegat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabnegatusrefused, denied, declined, having been refused
2Latinabnegōto refuse, deny, decline, be unwilling
3Latinnegōto deny
4Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
5Latinnequenot; and not, also not
6Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe →Every word from Latin neque →