Where does “negar” come from?

negar (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin negare, from Latin nec-aiare, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

Ancestry of “negar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnegarepresent active infinitive of negō; second-person...
2Latinnec-aiare
3Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
4Latinnequenot; and not, also not
5Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
6Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “negar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European neEvery word from Proto-Indo-European nekʷeEvery word from Latin neque