Where does “nim” come from?

nim (Macanese) comes from Portuguese nem, from Old Portuguese nen, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

nim (Macanese): not even introduces an emphatic negation

Definitions

  1. not even introduces an emphatic negation

Ancestry of “nim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesenemnot even; do not even; neither … nor
2Old Portuguesenennot even; nor
3Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
4Latinnequenot; and not, also not
5Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
6Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe →Every word from Latin neque →