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ne.

no; not

2 characters1 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adv[ˈneː]Classical-Latin[ˈnɛː]

  1. no; not

    not-comparable

  2. [with subjunctive] introduces a prohibition or negative command: do not

    not-comparable

  3. [with future imperative] introduces a prohibition or negative command in a general context, as precepts, statutes, and proverbs: do not

    not-comparable
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 nē Inherited from Archaic Latin nei, from Proto-Italic *nē, either from a lengthened variant of Proto-Indo-European *né (“not”), or from *méh₁ with replacement of *m- by *n-. The conjunction is abbreviated from ut nē.

conj[ˈneː]Classical-Latin[ˈnɛː]

  1. that [undesirable outcome]; so that...not; in order not to; lest

    with-subjunctive
    Vereor, nē videātur ōrātiō mea stulta.
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 nē Inherited from Archaic Latin nei, from Proto-Italic *nē, either from a lengthened variant of Proto-Indo-European *né (“not”), or from *méh₁ with replacement of *m- by *n-. The conjunction is abbreviated from ut nē.

intj[ˈneː]Classical-Latin[ˈnɛː]

  1. truly! indeed! only joined with personal pronouns and commonly connected with other affirmative particles

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *áno- Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *né-h₁der. Latin ne From Proto-Indo-European *né-h₁ (“that way, so”), which consists of *áno- (“yonder”, pronomial stem, distal) + *-h₁ (modal and instrumental suffix). Cognate with Ancient Greek νή (nḗ, “yes, indeed”) and Proto-Germanic *-nā (emphatic suffix after adverbs) which features in Icelandic svona (“so”), hérna (“here”), and þarna (“there”). The same pronominal stem is also present in the words enim (“for; truly”), nempe (“indeed”), and nam (“for”).

verb[ˈneː]Classical-Latin[ˈnɛː]

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of neō

    active · form-of · imperative · present · second-person · singular
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