Where does “nega” come from?

nega (Romanian) comes from Latin negō, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

nega (Romanian): to deny

Definitions

  1. to deny

Ancestry of “nega”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnegōto deny
2Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
3Latinnequenot; and not, also not
4Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
5Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “nega”

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