Where does “negativaĵo” come from?
negativaĵo (Esperanto) comes from Italian negativa, from Romanian negativ, from Italian negativo, from Latin negativus, from Latin negō, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe — not.
negativaĵo (Esperanto): The negative equivalent of a positive number
Definitions
- The negative equivalent of a positive number
Ancestry of “negativaĵo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | negativa | feminine singular of negativo; negative |
| 2 | Romanian | negativ | negative |
| 3 | Italian | negativo | negative; dismal |
| 4 | Latin | negativus | denied, negative, that which denies; inhibiting |
| 5 | Latin | negō | to deny |
| 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 |