Where does “Negești” come from?

Negești (Romanian) comes from Romanian neg, from Latin naevus, from Latin gnaevus, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁iwós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

Ancestry of “Negești”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniannegwart; verruca
2Latinnaevusbirthmark; mole
3Latingnaevus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁iwósnative
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁iwós →Every word from Latin gnaevus →