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Where does “neglect” come from?

Neglect comes from Latin neglectus, past participle of neglego meaning to disregard, from lego meaning to gather or choose, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- meaning to collect.

neglect (English): To fail to care for or attend to something; To...

Definitions

  1. To fail to care for or attend to something; To...

Ancestry of “neglect”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinneglectusdisregarded, having been disregarded, ignored,...
2LatinneglegoI neglect, overlook, pass over; I am indifferent...
3Latinneclego—
4LatinlegoI choose, select, appoint; I collect, gather,...
5Latinlexa proposition or motion for a law made to the...
6Proto-Italiclēg-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “neglect”

  • neglecting
  • neglectful
  • hemineglect
  • neglectfully
  • neglectable
  • neglecter
  • neglecteth
  • neglectfulness
  • neglectest
  • neglective
  • neglectingly
  • neglectee
  • pseudoneglect
  • unneglectable
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