Where does “abnegadamente” come from?
abnegadamente (Spanish) comes from Spanish abnegado, from Spanish abnegar, from Latin abnegō, from Latin negō, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
abnegadamente (Spanish): unselfishly
Ancestry of “abnegadamente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | abnegado | selfless |
| 2 | Spanish | abnegar | to renounce |
| 3 | Latin | abnegō | — |
| 4 | Latin | negō | — |
| 5 | Latin | nec | nor; and not, not; neither |
| 6 | Latin | neque | not; and not, also not |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | nekʷe | and not, neither, nor |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |