Where does “negative” come from?
negative (Italian) comes from Italian negativa, from Romanian negativ, from Italian negativo, from Latin negativus, from Latin negō, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe — not.
negative (Italian): feminine plural of negativo; plural of negativa
Definitions
- feminine plural of negativo; plural of negativa
Ancestry of “negative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | negativa | feminine singular of negativo; negative |
| 2 | Romanian | negativ | — |
| 3 | Italian | negativo | negative; dismal |
| 4 | Latin | negativus | denied, negative, that which denies; inhibiting |
| 5 | Latin | negō | — |
| 6 | Latin | nec | nor; and not, not; neither |
| 7 | Latin | neque | not; and not, also not |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | nekʷe | and not, neither, nor |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |