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Where does “nec unus” come from?

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

nec unus (Latin): not even one

Definitions

  1. not even one

Ancestry of “nec unus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
2Latinnequenot; and not, also not
3Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
4Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “nec unus”

  • ningún
  • ninguno
  • nenhum
  • ningún
  • niun
  • niũu
  • neũu
  • ningũu
  • negun
  • nenčoin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →