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Where does “negaholic” come from?

negaholic (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.

negaholic (English): A person who has a persistently negative or...

Definitions

  1. A person who has a persistently negative or...

Ancestry of “negaholic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnegClipping of negative; An expression or...
2EnglishnegativeNot positive nor neutral; Of electrical charge of...
3Middle Englishnegative—
4Old Frenchnegatif—
5Latinnegativusdenied, negative, that which denies; inhibiting
6Latinnegō—
7Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
8Latinnequenot; and not, also not
9Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
10Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
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