Where does “nec” come from?

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

nec (Interlingua): And not; Neither, nor; And, or

Definitions

  1. And not; Neither, nor; And, or

Ancestry of “nec”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
2Latinnequenot; and not, also not
3Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
4Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “nec”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe →Every word from Latin neque →