Where does “negotiableness” come from?
negotiableness (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.
negotiableness (English): The quality of being negotiable
Definitions
- The quality of being negotiable
Ancestry of “negotiableness”, step by step
negotiableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English negotiable
| 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 | business, employment, occupation, affair |
| 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 |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |