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neuter.

neither, neither one

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[ˈne.ʊ.tɛr]Classical-Latin[ˈnɛu̯.tɛr]Late-Latin[ˈnɛːu̯.ter]
  1. neither, neither one

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
  2. neuter (gender)

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
  3. neuter, intransitive (of a verb)

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
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 ne Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *kʷóteros Proto-Italic *kʷoteros Latin uter Latin neuter From ne (“not”) + uter (“either”). In the grammatical sense, a semantic loan from Koine Greek οὐδέτερος (oudéteros), from οὐδέ (oudé, “not”) + ἕτερος (héteros, “one or the other (of two)”).

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