Where does “negatism” come from?
negatism (English) comes from English negate, from Latin negatus, from Latin negō, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
negatism (English): negativism
Definitions
- negativism
Ancestry of “negatism”, step by step
negatism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English negate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | negate | To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to... |
| 2 | Latin | negatus | denied, having been denied; refused, declined,... |
| 3 | Latin | negō | to deny |
| 4 | Latin | nec | nor; and not, not; neither |
| 5 | Latin | neque | not; and not, also not |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | nekʷe | and not, neither, nor |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |