ne-

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ne-

/ne/

Where it comes from

Probably of Slavic origin, possibly borrowed from Old Church Slavonic не- (ne-) or some other language (cf. Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian не-), from Proto-Slavic *ne. Less likely, originally from Latin ne-, and reinforced or influenced by the Slavic prefix.

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *né.

prefix

morpheme un-; de- (attached to past participles, gerundives and some adjectives to negate them) ne- + cunoscut (“known”) → necunoscut (“unknown”)

In English

un- denoting absence

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"ne-." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/ne-. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

ne-. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/ne-

Chicago

"ne-." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/ne-.

BibTeX

@misc{ne_2026,
  title = {ne-},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/ne-},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}