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Where does “negotians” come from?

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

negotians (Latin): trading, trafficking

Definitions

  1. trading, trafficking

Ancestry of “negotians”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinnegotiorI do business; I act as banker; I trade, traffic
2Latinnegōtium—
3Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
4Latinnequenot; and not, also not
5Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
6Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
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