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Where does “nec-aiare” come from?

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

Ancestry of “nec-aiare”, 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-aiare”

  • negative
  • deny
  • denial
  • negatively
  • undeniable
  • negativity
  • undeniably
  • negate
  • nonnegative
  • electronegative
  • electronegativity
  • seronegative
  • negativism
  • deniability
  • negator
  • deniable
  • denieth
  • negativistic
  • nonnegativity
  • negativeness
  • denialist
  • denialism
  • homonegativity
  • deniest
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