Where does “mustavalkonegatiivi” come from?
mustavalkonegatiivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish negatiivi, from Latin negativus, from Latin negō, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
mustavalkonegatiivi (Finnish): black-and-white negative
Definitions
- black-and-white negative
Ancestry of “mustavalkonegatiivi”, step by step
mustavalkonegatiivi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish negatiivi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | negatiivi | negative |
| 2 | Latin | negativus | denied, negative, that which denies; inhibiting |
| 3 | Latin | negō | to deny |
| 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 |
via Finnish mustavalkoinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mustavalkoinen | black-and-white, monochrome; black and white |
| 2 | Finnish | valkoinen | white; Caucasian; A white colour |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |