Where does “négliger” come from?
négliger (French) comes from Italian negligere, from Spanish negligir, from Latin negligere, from Latin negligo, from Latin neglego, from Latin neclego, from Latin lego, from Latin lex — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
négliger (French): to neglect; to ignore
Ancestry of “négliger”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | negligere | to neglect to do something, neglect to take... |
| 2 | Spanish | negligir | — |
| 3 | Latin | negligere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | negligo | Alternative form of neglegō |
| 5 | Latin | neglego | I neglect, overlook, pass over; I am indifferent... |
| 6 | Latin | neclego | — |
| 7 | Latin | lego | I choose, select, appoint; I collect, gather,... |
| 8 | Latin | lex | a proposition or motion for a law made to the... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
Words derived from “négliger”