Where does “ネガ” come from?
ネガ (Japanese) comes from Japanese ネガティブ, from English negative, from Middle English negative, from Old French negatif, from Latin negativus, from Latin negō, from Latin nec, from Latin neque — not.
ネガ (Japanese): short for ネガティブ: a film negative
Definitions
- short for ネガティブ: a film negative
Ancestry of “ネガ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ネガティブ | negative; pessimistic; a negative |
| 2 | English | negative | Not positive nor neutral; Of electrical charge of... |
| 3 | Middle English | negative | — |
| 4 | Old French | negatif | — |
| 5 | Latin | negativus | denied, negative, that which denies; inhibiting |
| 6 | Latin | negō | to deny |
| 7 | Latin | nec | nor; and not, not; neither |
| 8 | Latin | neque | not; and not, also not |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | nekʷe | and not, neither, nor |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |