Where does “negotiator” come from?
negotiator (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.
Ancestry of “negotiator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | negotior | I do business; I act as banker; I trade, traffic |
| 2 | Latin | negōtium | — |
| 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 |