Where does “negōtium” come from?

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

negōtium (Latin): business, employment, occupation, affair

Definitions

  1. business, employment, occupation, affair

Ancestry of “negōtium”, step by step

negōtium traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin nec

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
2Latinnequenot; and not, also not
3Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
4Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

via Latin ōtium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinōtiumtime free from activity: leisure, free time

Words derived from “negōtium”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe →Every word from Latin neque →