Where does “agronegócio” come from?
agronegócio (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese negócio, from Latin negōtium, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
agronegócio (Portuguese): agribusiness
Ancestry of “agronegócio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | negócio | affair; business, enterprise; thing |
| 2 | Latin | negōtium | — |
| 3 | Latin | nec | nor; and not, not; neither |
| 4 | Latin | neque | not; and not, also not |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | nekʷe | and not, neither, nor |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |