Where does “negotiate” come from?
Negotiate comes from Latin negotiatus, past participle of negotior meaning to conduct business, from negotium meaning business or trade, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne and h₂ew.
negotiate (English): To confer with others in order to come to terms...
Definitions
- To confer with others in order to come to terms...
Ancestry of “negotiate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | negotiatus | traded |
| 2 | Latin | negotior | I do business; I act as banker; I trade, traffic |
| 3 | Latin | negōtium | — |
| 4 | Latin | nec | nor; and not, not; neither |
| 5 | Latin | neque | not; and not, also not |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | nekʷe | and not, neither, nor |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
Words derived from “negotiate”