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
1	Latin	negatus	denied, having been denied; refused, declined,...
2	Latin	negō	to deny
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

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