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
Definitions
- to neglect; to ignore
Ancestry of “négliger”, step by step
négliger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian negligere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | negligere | to neglect to do something, neglect to take... |
| 2 | Spanish | negligir | to neglect |
| 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... |
via Latin neglegō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | neglegō | to neglect, overlook, pass over |
| 2 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |