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Where does “renegado” come from?

renegado (Spanish) comes from Latin renegātus, from Latin renegō, from Latin negō, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

renegado (Spanish): renegade

Definitions

  1. renegade

Ancestry of “renegado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrenegātus—
2Latinrenegō—
3Latinnegō—
4Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
5Latinnequenot; and not, also not
6Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “renegado”

  • renegade
  • runagate
  • renégat
  • renegat
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