Where does “deniable” come from?

deniable (English) comes from English deny, from Middle English denyen, from Old French denoier, from Latin dēnegāre, from Latin negāre, from Proto-Indo-European né — not; no.

deniable (English): Able to be denied or contradicted

Definitions

  1. Able to be denied or contradicted

Ancestry of “deniable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdenyTo disallow or reject; To assert that something...
2Middle EnglishdenyenTo deny a truth; a charge
3Old Frenchdenoierto deny, to repudiate; to deny, repudiate
4Latindēnegāre—
5Latinnegāre—
6Proto-Indo-Europeannénot; no

Words derived from “deniable”

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