Where does “nici” come from?

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

nici (Romanian): not even; neither... nor

Definitions

  1. not even; neither... nor

Ancestry of “nici”, step by step

nici traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin neque

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnequenot; and not, also not
2Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
3Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

via Proto-Slavic nĩcь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicnĩcьlying face downwards

Words derived from “nici”

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