Where does “negociante” come from?

negociante (Galician) comes from Galician negociar, from Latin negotior, from Latin negōtium, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

negociante (Galician): shopkeeper

Definitions

  1. shopkeeper

Ancestry of “negociante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciannegociarto negotiate
2LatinnegotiorI do business; I act as banker; I trade, traffic
3Latinnegōtiumbusiness, employment, occupation, affair
4Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
5Latinnequenot; and not, also not
6Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neEvery word from Proto-Indo-European nekʷeEvery word from Latin neque