Where does “renégat” come from?
renégat (French) comes from Spanish renegado, from Latin renegātus, from Latin renegō, from Latin negō, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
renégat (French): renegade
Definitions
- renegade
Ancestry of “renégat”, step by step
renégat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish renegado
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | renegado | renegade |
| 2 | Latin | renegātus | — |
| 3 | Latin | renegō | — |
| 4 | Latin | negō | to deny |
| 5 | Latin | nec | nor; and not, not; neither |
| 6 | Latin | neque | not; and not, also not |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | nekʷe | and not, neither, nor |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
via Italian rinnegato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | rinnegato | past participle of rinnegare; renegade |