Where does “négatif” come from?

négatif (French) comes from Old French negatif, from Latin negativus, from Latin negō, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

négatif (French): negative; negative or zero. nonpositive

Definitions

  1. negative; negative or zero. nonpositive

Ancestry of “négatif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnegatif—
2Latinnegativusdenied, negative, that which denies; inhibiting
3Latinnegōto deny
4Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
5Latinnequenot; and not, also not
6Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “négatif”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe →Every word from Latin neque →