Where does “negustori” come from?
negustori (Romanian) comes from Romanian negustor, from Romanian neguțător, from Latin negōtiātor, from Latin negotior, from Latin negōtium, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe — not.
negustori (Romanian): to trade
Definitions
- to trade
Ancestry of “negustori”, step by step
negustori traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian negustor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | negustor | merchant, trader, dealer |
| 2 | Romanian | neguțător | — |
| 3 | Latin | negōtiātor | merchant, businessman, dealer, trader, wholesaler |
| 4 | Latin | negotior | I do business; I act as banker; I trade, traffic |
| 5 | Latin | negōtium | business, employment, occupation, affair |
| 6 | Latin | nec | nor; and not, not; neither |
| 7 | Latin | neque | not; and not, also not |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | nekʷe | and not, neither, nor |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |