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
1Latinabnegōto refuse, deny, decline, be unwilling
2Latinnegōto deny
3Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
4Latinnequenot; and not, also not
5Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
6Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “abnegativus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe →Every word from Latin neque →