ne.
no
Meaning & usage
no
not
non-
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *néder. Proto-Indo-European *méh₁ Proto-Indo-European *néh₁der. Proto-Italic *nē Archaic Latin nei Latin nebor. Latin nōn Old French ne Middle French ne French nebor. Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne Proto-Slavic *ne Russian не (ne)bor. ▲ Proto-Slavic *ne Old Polish nie Polish niebor. Russian нет (net)bor. Esperanto ne Borrowed from Latin ne, French ne, Russian не (ne), Polish nie, and Russian нет (net). Compare English not, German nicht, English, Italian, and Spanish no, French non, German nein.
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