Where does “negar” come from?

negar (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese negar, from Latin negare, from Latin nec-aiare, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

negar (Portuguese): to deny; to refuse; to contest

Definitions

  1. to deny; to refuse; to contest

Ancestry of “negar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesenegar—
2Latinnegarepresent active infinitive of negō; second-person...
3Latinnec-aiare—
4Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
5Latinnequenot; and not, also not
6Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “negar”

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