Language | Reflex(es) | Gloss | Grammar | Sources |
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Balto-Slavic |
Czech | neboh | poor, unfortunate, lit. not rich | adj | AHD LRC |
Lithuanian | ne | not | priv.pcl | LRC |
Lithuanian | neĩ | neither, nor | conj | LRC |
Lithuanian | niẽkas | no one, nobody, nothing | pron | LRC |
Latvian | ne | not | priv.pcl | LRC |
Latvian | neviena | nobody, no one, not a single | pron | LRC |
Old Church Slavonic | ne | not; nor | priv.adv | LRC |
English |
Old English | nefne, næfne, nemne | except, unless, if not | conj | GED ASD LRC |
Old English | nā, nō | no; not (at all); nor | adj | ASD LRC |
Old English | nā-hwæðer, nā-wðer, nā-ðor | neither...nor | adv | ASD LRC |
Old English | nā-læs | not at all, lit. no less | adv | LRC |
Old English | nān | no, none, lit. not one | adj | W7 ASD LRC |
Old English | nā-þing | nothing | n | W7 LRC |
Old English | nā-wiht, nā-(w)ht, nā-uht | naught, lit. no whit | pron | W7 ASD LRC |
Old English | ne | not | adv | LRC |
Old English | nō-(wi)ht | nought, lit. no whit | pron | W7 ASD LRC |
Old English | un- | un- | priv.pfx | W7 ASD LRC |
English | nonjuror | one who refuses oath-taking | n | AHD LRC |
English | abnegate | to surrender, relinquish | vb | AHD W7 LRC |
English | ahimsa | doctrine of not harming any living thing (Hinduism and Buddhism) | n | AHD W7 LRC |
English | a(n)- | not | priv.pfx | AHD W7 LRC |
English | annihilate | to nullify, destroy force/substance of | vb.trans | AHD W7 LRC |
English | annul | to obliterate, reduce to nothing | vb.trans | AHD W7 LRC |
English | deny | to declare untrue | vb.trans | AHD W7 LRC |
English | in- | not | priv.pfx | AHD W7 LRC |
English | naught, nought | nothing, not aught | pron | AHD W7 LRC |
English | naughty | wicked, vicious in moral character | adj.arch | AHD W7 LRC |
English | ne- | not | pfx | TLL LRC |
English | nefarious | heinous, impious, extremely wicked | adj | AHD CDC LRC |
English | negate | to deny truth/existence of | vb.trans | AHD W7 LRC |
English | negligee | woman's long flowing nightgown | n | AHD W7 LRC |
English | negotiate | to confer with another re: settlement | vb | AHD W7 LRC |
English | nihilism | idea that traditional values/beliefs are unfounded and existence is useless/senseless | n | AHD W7 LRC |
English | nihility | nothingness, nonexistence | n | AHD LRC |
English | nil | zero, nothing | n | AHD W7 LRC |
English | nimiety | excess, redundancy | n | AHD W7 LRC |
English | no | not any; not; negative | adj | AHD W7 LRC |
English | non- | not | priv.pfx | AHD W7 LRC |
English | none | not any, lit. not one | pron | AHD W7 LRC |
English | nonplus | state of confusion/perplexity/bewilderment | n | AHD LRC |
English | nonplus | to bewilder, be/put at loss | vb | AHD LRC |
English | nonsuit | judgment against plaintiff for failure/inability to prosecute/establish case | n | AHD W7 LRC |
English | nor | (also) not | conj | AHD W7 LRC |
English | not | negative: without, absence/reverse of | adv | AHD LRC |
English | nothing | no thing, not any thing | pron | AHD W7 LRC |
English | null | invalid, having no legal/binding force | adj | AHD W7 LRC |
English | nullipara | female that has borne no offspring | n | AHD LRC |
English | renegade | deserter from faith/cause/allegiance | n | AHD W7 LRC |
English | renege | to deny, renounce | vb | AHD W7 LRC |
English | un- | not | priv.pfx | AHD W7 LRC |
Middle English | annullen | to annul | vb | W7 LRC |
Middle English | denyen | to deny | vb | W7 LRC |
Middle English | in- | in- | priv.pfx | W7 LRC |
Middle English | naught, nought | naught/nought | pron | W7 LRC |
Middle English | no | no | adv | W7 LRC |
Middle English | non- | non- | priv.pfx | W7 LRC |
Middle English | none | none | pron | W7 LRC |
Middle English | nonsuit | nonsuit | n | W7 LRC |
Middle English | nor | nor | conj | W7 LRC |
Middle English | not | not; nought | adv | W7 LRC |
Middle English | nother | neither | pron | W7 LRC |
Middle English | nothing | nothing | pron | W7 LRC |
Middle English | un- | un- | priv.pfx | W7 LRC |
West Germanic |
Old Frisian | nā-wet | naught, lit. no whit | pron | ASD LRC |
Old Frisian | ne | not | adv | ASD LRC |
Dutch | noch | neither, nor | conj | TLL LRC |
Old Saxon | ne, ni | not | adv | ASD LRC |
Old Saxon | nēn | no, none | adj | ASD LRC |
Old Saxon | neō-wiht | naught, lit. no whit | pron | ASD LRC |
Old High German | ne, ni | not | adv | W7 ASD LRC |
Old High German | nein | not one | adj | ASD LRC |
Old High German | neō-wiht | naught, lit. no whit | pron | ASD LRC |
Old High German | un- | un- | priv.pfx | W7 LRC |
German | nein | no | adv | LRC |
German | Nihilismus | nihilism | n.masc | W7 LRC |
German | noch | nor | conj | TLL LRC |
North Germanic |
Old Norse | né | not; nor | adv | LRC |
Icelandic | neinn | no, none, lit. not one | adj | ASD LRC |
East Germanic |
Gothic | ni | not | adv | LRC |
Italic |
Old Latin | ne- | not | priv.pfx | W7 LRC |
Old Latin | nesei | unless, lit. not if | conj | AHD LRC |
Old Latin | nihilum | nothing | n.neut | W7 LRC |
Old Latin | noenum | not | adv | W7 LRC |
Latin | abnegō, abnegāre | to refuse, abnegate | vb | AHD ELD LRC |
Latin | dēnegō, dēnegāre | to deny, reject | vb | W7 ELD LRC |
Latin | nē | no, not; lest, that not | adv | LRC |
Latin | nec-, neg- | no, not | priv.pfx | W7 LRC |
Latin | neglego, neglegere | to neglect | vb | W7 LRC |
Latin | negō, negāre, negāvī, negātus | to deny | vb | W7 LRC |
Latin | negotior, negotiāri, negotiātus | to carry on business | vb.dep | W7 LRC |
Latin | negotium | business | n.neut | W7 LRC |
Latin | neque | neither ... nor | adv | LRC |
Latin | neve | and not, nor | conj | LRC |
Latin | ni | if not, unless | conj | LRC |
Latin | nihil, nil | nothing | n.neut | W7 LRC |
Latin | nisi | unless, lit. not if | conj | AHD LRC |
Latin | non | not | adv | LRC |
Latin | nonnullus, nonnulla, nonnullum | some, lit. not none | adj | LRC |
Latin | nullus, nulla, nullum | no, not one; none, not any | adj | LRC |
Late Latin | annihilo, annihilāre, annihilāvī, annihilātus | to reduce to nothing | vb | W7 LRC |
Late Latin | annullō, annullāre | to annul, cancel | vb | W7 LRC |
Late Latin | nimietas | being too much | n.fem | W7 LRC |
Medieval Latin | renegō, renegāre, renegāvī, renegātus | to renege, deny again | vb | W7 LRC |
Portuguese | negar | to deny, negate | vb | TLL LRC |
Portuguese | nem | neither, nor | conj | TLL LRC |
Spanish | negar | to deny, negate | vb | TLL LRC |
Spanish | ni | neither, nor | conj | TLL LRC |
Spanish | renegado | renegade | n.masc | W7 LRC |
Old French | annuller | to annul | vb | AHD LRC |
Old French | denier | to deny | vb | W7 LRC |
Old French | non | no | interj | W7 LRC |
Anglo-French | nounsuyte | nonsuit | n.fem | W7 LRC |
Middle French | in- | in- | priv.pfx | W7 LRC |
Middle French | non- | non- | priv.pfx | W7 LRC |
Middle French | nul | not anyone | adj | W7 LRC |
French | annuler | to annul, cancel | vb | W7 LRC |
French | négligé | casual clothes worn inside the house | n.masc | W7 LRC |
French | négliger | to neglect | vb | W7 LRC |
French | ni | neither, nor | conj | TLL LRC |
French | nier | to deny, negate | vb | TLL LRC |
Italian | nè | neither, nor | conj | TLL LRC |
Italian | negare | to deny, negate | vb | TLL LRC |
Hellenic |
Greek | a(n)- | not | priv.pfx | W7 LRC |
Greek | nē- | not | priv.pfx | W7 LRC |
Indo-Iranian |
Sanskrit | a(n)- | not | priv.pfx | W7 LRC |
Sanskrit | ahimsā | noninjury, doctrine of refraining from harming living beings | n | W7 LRC |