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Where does “séronégatif” come from?

séronégatif (French) comes from French négatif, 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.

séronégatif (French): HIV negative; seronegative

Definitions

  1. HIV negative; seronegative

Ancestry of “séronégatif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnégatifnegative; negative or zero. nonpositive
2Old Frenchnegatif—
3Latinnegativusdenied, negative, that which denies; inhibiting
4Latinnegō—
5Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
6Latinnequenot; and not, also not
7Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
8Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
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