Where does “abnegar” come from?

abnegar (Spanish) comes from Latin abnegō, from Latin negō, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

abnegar (Spanish): to renounce

Definitions

  1. to renounce

Ancestry of “abnegar”, step by step

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

Words derived from “abnegar”

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