Etymograph

English

negotiate

Negotiate comes from Latin negōtiātus ‘trading, having traded’, from negōtium ‘business, affair’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *né ‘not’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*né‘not’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*nékʷe‘and not’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nekʷereconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEneque‘not’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnec‘nor’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEōtium‘time free from activity: leisure, free time’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnegōtium‘business, affair’
  8. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnegōtior‘to do business, trade’
  9. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnegōtiātus‘trading, having traded’perfect active participle of negōtior
  10. Englishearliest quotation 1622negotiate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*né‘not’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*nékʷe‘and not’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nekʷereconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEneque‘not’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnec‘nor’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEōtium‘time free from activity: leisure, free time’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnegōtium‘business, affair’
  8. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnegōtior‘to do business, trade’
  9. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnegōtiātus‘trading, having traded’perfect active participle of negōtior
  10. Englishearliest quotation 1622negotiate

Earliest quotation: 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam: “Certaine it is, shee was a busie negotiating woman.”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *né ‘not’

no, na, negative, ne, necessity, negate, renege, 15 more

through Latin nec ‘nor’

renegade, negation, 6 more

Today it means

verb To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *né / negotiate

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