Where does “negate” come from?

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

negate (Italian): feminine plural of negato; second-person plural...

Definitions

  1. feminine plural of negato; second-person plural...

Ancestry of “negate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannegatopast participle of negare; past participle of...
2Italiannegareto deny; to negate
3Latinnegōto deny
4Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
5Latinnequenot; and not, also not
6Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe →Every word from Latin neque →