Where does “negare” come from?

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

negare (Italian): to deny; to negate

Definitions

  1. to deny; to negate

Ancestry of “negare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnegōto deny
2Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
3Latinnequenot; and not, also not
4Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
5Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “negare”

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