Where does “negato” come from?
negato (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.
negato (Italian): past participle of negare; past participle of...
Definitions
- past participle of negare; past participle of...
Ancestry of “negato”, step by step
negato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian negare
| 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 |
via Italian negarsi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | negarsi | reflexive of negare; to deny oneself; to pretend... |