Where does “neg diff” come from?
neg diff (English) comes from English neg, from English negative, from Middle English negative, from Old French negatif, from Latin negativus, from Latin negō, from Latin nec, from Latin neque — not.
neg diff (English): To win a fight against another with negative difficulty (extremely little difficulty; less difficulty than no diff)
Definitions
- To win a fight against another with negative difficulty (extremely little difficulty; less difficulty than no diff)
Ancestry of “neg diff”, step by step
neg diff traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English neg
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | neg | Clipping of negative; An expression or... |
| 2 | English | negative | Not positive nor neutral; Of electrical charge of... |
| 3 | Middle English | negative | — |
| 4 | Old French | negatif | — |
| 5 | Latin | negativus | denied, negative, that which denies; inhibiting |
| 6 | Latin | negō | to deny |
| 7 | Latin | nec | nor; and not, not; neither |
| 8 | Latin | neque | not; and not, also not |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | nekʷe | and not, neither, nor |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
via English diff
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | diff | Abbreviation of difference; Any program which... |