Added to adjectives to yield their opposites; un- · Added to nouns to mean lack or being without
köken: From Old Swedish ō-, from Old Norse ú-, ó-, from Proto-Germanic *un-, from the Proto-Indo-European *n̥- whence also Greek α- (a-) and English un-.
generic negation prefix, used for adjectives, adverbs and participles; un-, dis-, -less, non-
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne Proto-Slavic *ne Old Polish nie Old Polish nie- Polish nie- Inherited from Old Polish nie-.
köken: From Old Irish mí- (compare Scottish Gaelic mì-), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to change”). Cognate with English mis-, Latin minus (“lesser”), Ancient Greek μείων (meíōn, “less”).
köken: Etymology tree Latin nōn Old French ne Middle French ne French nebor. Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne Proto-Slavic *ne Old Polish nie Polish niebor. ▲ Proto-Slavic *ne Russian не (ne)bor. Esperanto ne Esperanto ne- From ne (“no, not”).