Where does “negligere” come from?
negligere (Italian) comes from Spanish negligir, from Latin negligere, from Latin negligo, from Latin neglego, from Latin neclego, from Latin lego, from Latin lex, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
negligere (Italian): to neglect to do something, neglect to take...
Definitions
- to neglect to do something, neglect to take...
Ancestry of “negligere”, step by step
negligere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish negligir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | negligir | to neglect |
| 2 | Latin | negligere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | negligo | Alternative form of neglegō |
| 4 | Latin | neglego | I neglect, overlook, pass over; I am indifferent... |
| 5 | Latin | neclego | — |
| 6 | Latin | lego | I choose, select, appoint; I collect, gather,... |
| 7 | Latin | lex | a proposition or motion for a law made to the... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via Latin negligō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | negligō | — |