Where does “deniably” come from?
deniably (English) comes from English deniable, from English deny, from Middle English denyen, from Old French denoier, from Latin dēnegāre, from Latin negāre, from Proto-Indo-European né — not; no.
deniably (English): In a deniable manner
Ancestry of “deniably”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | deniable | Able to be denied or contradicted |
| 2 | English | deny | To disallow or reject; To assert that something... |
| 3 | Middle English | denyen | — |
| 4 | Old French | denoier | to deny, to repudiate; to deny, repudiate |
| 5 | Latin | dēnegāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | negāre | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | né | not; no |