Where does “unnegotiability” come from?
unnegotiability (English) comes from English negotiability, from English negotiable, from English negotiate, from Latin negotiatus, from Latin negotior, from Latin negōtium, from Latin nec, from Latin neque — not.
unnegotiability (English): The quality of not being negotiable
Definitions
- The quality of not being negotiable
Ancestry of “unnegotiability”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | negotiability | The state of being negotiable |
| 2 | English | negotiable | Able to be traversed; navigable; Able to be... |
| 3 | English | negotiate | To confer with others in order to come to terms... |
| 4 | Latin | negotiatus | traded |
| 5 | Latin | negotior | I do business; I act as banker; I trade, traffic |
| 6 | Latin | negōtium | business, employment, occupation, affair |
| 7 | Latin | nec | nor; and not, not; neither |
| 8 | Latin | neque | not; and not, also not |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | nekʷe | and not, neither, nor |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |