not, no, -n't, without · Idiomatic negative usage · perhaps not, whether ... or not
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *né. Cognates include Lithuanian ne, Old English ne, German nicht, nie, Gothic 𐌽𐌹 (ni), Irish ní, Latin ne, Sanskrit न (ná).
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-.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm Proto-Hellenic *éndon Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon)der. Polish endo- Derived from Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-? Proto-Italic *malos Latin malus Latin maleder. Old French mal- Middle French mal- French mal-bor. Esperanto mal- Borrowed from French mal- in its secondary sense of denoting the opposite.
aile: mala, malo, male
mal- + alta (“high”) → malalta (“low”)
mal- + ami (“to love”) → malami (“to hate”)
mal- + dekstra (“right”) → maldekstra (“left”)
grcενδό-
ione-
nnikkje-, mis-, u-, van-
Etimoloji
From Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon, “inner; internal”).