Etymology

abnegative

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Today it means: Denying; renouncing; negative Full definition →

Latin abnegativus ← Proto-Italic *nekʷe ← Proto-Indo-European *nékʷe
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Italic*ap
  4. Latinab
  5. Latinab-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*né
  7. Proto-Indo-European*nékʷe
  8. Proto-Italic*nekʷe
  9. Latinneque
  10. Latinnec
  11. Latinnegō
  12. Latinabnegō
  13. Latinabnegativus
  14. English todayabnegative

Borrowed from Latin abnegativus.

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