Where does “renegat” come from?

renegat (Crimean Tatar) comes from Spanish renegado, from Latin renegātus, from Latin renegō, from Latin negō, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

renegat (Crimean Tatar): renegade

Definitions

  1. renegade

Ancestry of “renegat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishrenegadorenegade
2Latinrenegātus—
3Latinrenegō—
4Latinnegōto deny
5Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
6Latinnequenot; and not, also not
7Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
8Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe →Every word from Latin neque →