"to deny" in seven languages
Meaningto deny
Spanish
negar
/neˈgaɾ/
inherited
Denegar exists but means 'to refuse' a request.
French
nier
/nje/
inherited
Italian
negare
/neˈgare/
inherited
Portuguese
negar
/neˈɡah/
inherited
Romanian
nega
/neˈɡa/
learned
Catalan
negar
/nəˈɡa/
inherited
English
deny
/dɪˈnaɪ/
from Latin/French · Old French denier, from Latin DĒNEGĀRE
English → Italianto denynegareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
NEGĀRE‘to say no, deny’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish and Italian keep the g of NEGĀRE; French lost it between vowels (nier). English deny is the prefixed DĒNEGĀRE, through French.
English relatives: negative, negate, renege
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In a sentence
- esLo niega todo.
- frIl nie tout.
- itNega tutto.
- ptEle nega tudo.
- roNeagă totul.
- caHo nega tot.
- enHe denies everything.
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