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Where does “abnegator” come from?

abnegator (English) comes from Late Latin abnegator, 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.

abnegator (English): One who abnegates, denies, or rejects

Definitions

  1. One who abnegates, denies, or rejects

Ancestry of “abnegator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinabnegatora denier
2Latinabnegatusrefused, denied, declined, having been refused
3Latinabnegō—
4Latinnegō—
5Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
6Latinnequenot; and not, also not
7Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
8Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
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