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Where does “negoce” come from?

negoce (English) comes from French négoce, from Latin negōtium, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

negoce (English): business; occupation

Definitions

  1. business; occupation

Ancestry of “negoce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnégocebusiness
2Latinnegōtium—
3Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
4Latinnequenot; and not, also not
5Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
6Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
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