Etymology

negligible

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Today it means: Able to be neglected, ignored or excluded from consideration; too small or unimportant to be of concern. Full definition →

New Latin *negligibilis ← Latin neglegō
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromneglegō“to neglect”
  2. New Latin · borrowed from*negligibilis
  3. English todaynegligible

From negligence/negligent + -ible, as if from New Latin *negligibilis, from Latin neglegō (“to neglect”) + -ibilis (“-ible”).

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