Where does “nega” come from?

nega (Italian) comes from Italian negare, from Latin negō, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

nega (Italian): third-person singular present indicative of...

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third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “nega”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	negare	to deny; to negate
2	Latin	negō	to deny
3	Latin	nec	nor; and not, not; neither
4	Latin	neque	not; and not, also not
5	Proto-Indo-European	nekʷe	and not, neither, nor
6	Proto-Indo-European	ne	not

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