Where does “negate” come from?
negate (Latin) comes from Latin negatus, from Latin negō, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
negate (Latin): vocative masculine singular of negātus
Definitions
- vocative masculine singular of negātus
Ancestry of “negate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | negatus | denied, having been denied; refused, declined,... |
| 2 | Latin | negō | — |
| 3 | Latin | nec | nor; and not, not; neither |
| 4 | Latin | neque | not; and not, also not |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | nekʷe | and not, neither, nor |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |