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