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Where does “ne-” come from?

ne- (Latin) comes from Indo-European *né.

ne- (Latin): absolutely negates the principal meaning

Definitions

  1. absolutely negates the principal meaning

Ancestry of “ne-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indo-European*né—

Words derived from “ne-”

  • necessary
  • necessarily
  • necessity
  • nice
  • unnecessary
  • nicely
  • niche
  • annihilation
  • unnecessarily
  • necessitate
  • nil
  • annihilate
  • nihilism
  • nefarious
  • nicety
  • nihilistic
  • niceness
  • nihilist
  • nécessaire
  • niched
  • necessaire
  • necessarium
  • nihility
  • nilpotent
Every word from Indo-European *né →