Where does “negotiability” come from?
negotiability (English) comes from English negotiable, from English negotiate, from Latin negotiatus, from Latin negotior, from Latin negōtium, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe — not.
negotiability (English): The state of being negotiable
Definitions
- The state of being negotiable
Ancestry of “negotiability”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | negotiable | Able to be traversed; navigable; Able to be... |
| 2 | English | negotiate | To confer with others in order to come to terms... |
| 3 | Latin | negotiatus | traded |
| 4 | Latin | negotior | I do business; I act as banker; I trade, traffic |
| 5 | Latin | negōtium | — |
| 6 | Latin | nec | nor; and not, not; neither |
| 7 | Latin | neque | not; and not, also not |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | nekʷe | and not, neither, nor |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
Words derived from “negotiability”