Where does “negócio” come from?

negócio (Portuguese) comes from Latin negōtium, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

negócio (Portuguese): affair; business, enterprise; thing

Definitions

  1. affair; business, enterprise; thing

Ancestry of “negócio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnegōtiumbusiness, employment, occupation, affair
2Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
3Latinnequenot; and not, also not
4Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
5Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “negócio”

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