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Where does “immunonegative” come from?

immunonegative (English) comes from English negative, from Middle English negative, from Old French negatif, from Latin negativus, from Latin negō, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe — not.

immunonegative (English): That generates a negative response to a test for...

Definitions

  1. That generates a negative response to a test for...

Ancestry of “immunonegative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnegativeNot positive nor neutral; Of electrical charge of...
2Middle Englishnegative—
3Old Frenchnegatif—
4Latinnegativusdenied, negative, that which denies; inhibiting
5Latinnegō—
6Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
7Latinnequenot; and not, also not
8Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
9Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
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