Where does “nek” come from?

nek (Ido) comes from Esperanto nek, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

nek (Ido): neither, nor

Definitions

  1. neither, nor

Ancestry of “nek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantonekneither, nor
2Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
3Latinnequenot; and not, also not
4Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
5Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe →Every word from Latin neque →