Where does “renegotiation” come from?
Renegotiation derives from English re- + negotiation, itself from Middle English re- + negotiation, from Old French re- + negotiation, from Latin re- meaning "again" combined with negotiation, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European wer- meaning "to turn."
renegotiation (English): The act of negotiating again
Definitions
- The act of negotiating again
Ancestry of “renegotiation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | negotiation | The process of achieving agreement through... |
| 2 | Middle French | négociation | — |
| 3 | Latin | negotiatio | A wholesale business; A banking business |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |