Where does “deny” come from?
Deny comes from Old French denoier, from Latin denegare, a compound of the prefix de- and Latin negare meaning to say no or refuse.
deny (English): To disallow or reject; To assert that something...
Definitions
- To disallow or reject; To assert that something...
Ancestry of “deny”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | denyen | — |
| 2 | Old French | denoier | to deny, to repudiate; to deny, repudiate |
| 3 | Latin | dēnegāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | negāre | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | né | not; no |
Words derived from “deny”