Where does “renegat” come from?

renegat (Polish) comes from French renégat, from Spanish renegado, from Latin renegātus, from Latin renegō, from Latin negō, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe — not.

renegat (Polish): renegade

Definitions

renegade

Ancestry of “renegat”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	renégat	renegade
2	Spanish	renegado	renegade
3	Latin	renegātus	—
4	Latin	renegō	—
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

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