Where does “abnegado” come from?

abnegado (Tagalog) 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.

abnegado (Tagalog): abnegator

Definitions

  1. abnegator

Ancestry of “abnegado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishabnegadoselfless
2Spanishabnegarto renounce
3Latinabnegōto refuse, deny, decline, be unwilling
4Latinnegōto deny
5Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
6Latinnequenot; and not, also not
7Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
8Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neEvery word from Proto-Indo-European nekʷeEvery word from Latin neque
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