Where does “renegado” come from?

renegado (English) comes from Spanish renegado, from Latin renegātus, from Latin renegō, from Latin negō, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

renegado (English): Archaic form of renegade

Definitions

  1. Archaic form of renegade

Ancestry of “renegado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishrenegadorenegade
2Latinrenegātus—
3Latinrenegō—
4Latinnegōto deny
5Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
6Latinnequenot; and not, also not
7Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
8Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe →Every word from Latin neque →