Proto-Indo-European

*né

‘not’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *né.

24 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *né, most familiar first.

• no ← nā ← *naiwō ← *naiwô ← *ne
• negative ← negatif ← negātīvus ← negō ← ne
• na ← ne ← *ne
• ne
• negotiate ← negōtiātus ← negōtior ← negōtium ← ōtium
• necessity ← necessite ← necessite ← necessitās ← necesse
• renegade ← renegado ← renegātus ← renegō ← negō
• negotiator ← negōtior ← negōtium ← ōtium ← nec
• negate ← negātus ← negō ← ne ← nei
• renege ← renegō ← negō ← ne ← nei
• renay ← reneye ← reneier ← negō ← ne
• negatory ← negātōrius ← negātor ← negō ← ne

More words from *né

• negator
• abnegator
• denegate
• incontaminate
• insecable
• iniquous
• inconcoct
• irremeable
• negotious
• necessarium
• negotiant
• necessitudinous
• deny

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *né