Where does “negativ” come from?

negativ (Romanian) comes from Italian negativo, from Latin negativus, from Latin negō, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

negativ (Romanian): negative

Definitions

negative

Ancestry of “negativ”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	negativo	negative; dismal
2	Latin	negativus	denied, negative, that which denies; inhibiting
3	Latin	negō	to deny
4	Latin	nec	nor; and not, not; neither
5	Latin	neque	not; and not, also not
6	Proto-Indo-European	nekʷe	and not, neither, nor
7	Proto-Indo-European	ne	not

Words derived from “negativ”

negativist
negativa
nenegativ
negative
negativaĵo

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