Where does “inegável” come from?
inegável (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese negável, from Portuguese negar, from Old Portuguese negar, from Latin negare, from Latin nec-aiare, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe — not.
inegável (Portuguese): undeniable
Definitions
- undeniable
Ancestry of “inegável”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | negável | deniable |
| 2 | Portuguese | negar | to deny; to refuse; to contest |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | negar | — |
| 4 | Latin | negare | present active infinitive of negō; second-person... |
| 5 | Latin | nec-aiare | — |
| 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 |