Where does “Negligee” come from?
Negligee (German) comes from French négligé, from French négliger, from Italian negligere, from Spanish negligir, from Latin negligere, from Latin negligo, from Latin neglego, from Latin neclego — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Negligee (German): negligee
Definitions
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Ancestry of “Negligee”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | négligé | négligée; neglected; slovenly |
| 2 | French | négliger | to neglect; to ignore |
| 3 | Italian | negligere | to neglect to do something, neglect to take... |
| 4 | Spanish | negligir | to neglect |
| 5 | Latin | negligere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | negligo | Alternative form of neglegō |
| 7 | Latin | neglego | I neglect, overlook, pass over; I am indifferent... |
| 8 | Latin | neclego | — |
| 9 | Latin | lego | I choose, select, appoint; I collect, gather,... |
| 10 | Latin | lex | a proposition or motion for a law made to the... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |