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Where does “abnegativus” come from?

abnegativus (Latin) comes from Latin abnegō, from Latin negō, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

abnegativus (Latin): negative

Definitions

  1. negative

Ancestry of “abnegativus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabnegō—
2Latinnegō—
3Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
4Latinnequenot; and not, also not
5Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
6Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “abnegativus”

  • abnegative
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