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

  1. negative

Ancestry of “negativ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannegativonegative; dismal
2Latinnegativusdenied, negative, that which denies; inhibiting
3Latinnegōto deny
4Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
5Latinnequenot; and not, also not
6Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “negativ”

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