Etymology

negotiate

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Today it means: To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement. Full definition →

Latin negōtiātus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromnegōtiātus
  2. English todaynegotiate

c. 1598; borrowed from Latin negōtiātus, perfect active participle of negōtior (“to do business, trade”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from negotium (“business”) + -or, from nec (“not”) + otium (“leisure, ease, inactivity”).

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