Etymology

abnegator

A1B3N1E1G2A1T1O1R1

Today it means: One who abnegates, denies, or rejects. Full definition →

First used early 17ᵗʰ century.Late Latin abnegātor ← Latin abnegātus ← Proto-Italic *nekʷe
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

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. Latinabnegātus
  14. Late Latinabnegātor
  15. English todayabnegator

From Late Latin abnegator, from abnegatus. Equivalent to abnegate + -or.

First known use, by meaning

  • From early 17ᵗʰ century. One who abnegates, denies, or rejects.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.