Where does “abnegado” come from?

abnegado (Spanish) comes 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.

abnegado (Spanish): selfless

Definitions

  1. selfless

Ancestry of “abnegado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishabnegarto renounce
2Latinabnegōto refuse, deny, decline, be unwilling
3Latinnegōto deny
4Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
5Latinnequenot; and not, also not
6Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “abnegado”

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