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negativo.

negative

8 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/ne.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vu/Brazil/nɨ.ɡɐˈti.vu/Portugal[nɨ.ɣɐˈti.vu]Portugal/nɨ.ɡɐˈti.bu/Northern, Portugal

  1. negative

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe Proto-Indo-European *nékʷe Proto-Italic *nekʷe Latin neque Latin nec Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin negō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin īvus Latin negātīvuslbor. Portuguese negativo Learned borrowing from Latin negātīvus. By surface analysis, negar + -tivo.

noun/ne.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vu/Brazil/nɨ.ɡɐˈti.vu/Portugal[nɨ.ɣɐˈti.vu]Portugal/nɨ.ɡɐˈti.bu/Northern, Portugal

  1. negative

    masculine

  2. minus sign

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe Proto-Indo-European *nékʷe Proto-Italic *nekʷe Latin neque Latin nec Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin negō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin īvus Latin negātīvuslbor. Portuguese negativo Learned borrowing from Latin negātīvus. By surface analysis, negar + -tivo.

adv/ne.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vu/Brazil/nɨ.ɡɐˈti.vu/Portugal[nɨ.ɣɐˈti.vu]Portugal/nɨ.ɡɐˈti.bu/Northern, Portugal

  1. no

    formal
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe Proto-Indo-European *nékʷe Proto-Italic *nekʷe Latin neque Latin nec Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin negō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin īvus Latin negātīvuslbor. Portuguese negativo Learned borrowing from Latin negātīvus. By surface analysis, negar + -tivo.

verb

  1. first-person singular present indicative of negativar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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