Where does “abnegatka” come from?
abnegatka (Polish) comes from Polish abnegat, from Latin abnegator, from Latin abnegatus, from Latin abnegō, from Latin negō, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe — not.
Ancestry of “abnegatka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | abnegat | sloven, slob |
| 2 | Latin | abnegator | a denier |
| 3 | Latin | abnegatus | refused, denied, declined, having been refused |
| 4 | Latin | abnegō | to refuse, deny, decline, be unwilling |
| 5 | Latin | negō | to deny |
| 6 | Latin | nec | nor; and not, not; neither |
| 7 | Latin | neque | not; and not, also not |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | nekʷe | and not, neither, nor |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |