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
Ancestry of “negosyo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | negocio | business, enterprise; deal; profit, money-making |
| 2 | Latin | negōtium | — |
| 3 | Latin | nec | nor; and not, not; neither |
| 4 | Latin | neque | not; and not, also not |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | nekʷe | and not, neither, nor |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |