Where does “negosyo” come from?

negosyo (Tagalog) comes from Spanish negocio, from Latin negōtium, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

negosyo (Tagalog): business

Definitions

  1. business

Ancestry of “negosyo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishnegociobusiness, enterprise; deal; profit, money-making
2Latinnegōtiumbusiness, employment, occupation, affair
3Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
4Latinnequenot; and not, also not
5Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
6Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe →Every word from Latin neque →