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English word negative comes from Latin nego, Latin negare, and later Latin negativus ((legal) inhibiting. Denied, negative, that which denies.)
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nego (Latin)
(intransitive) I refuse, say no. (transitive) I reject, refuse, say no to (something). I deny. I keep from, prevent.
negare (Latin)
negativus (Latin)
(legal) inhibiting. Denied, negative, that which denies.
negatif (Old French)
negatif (Middle English)
negative (English)
(New Age jargon) (pejorative) bad, unwanted, disagreeable, potentially damaging, to be avoided, unpleasant, difficult, painful; (often precedes 'energy', 'feeling', 'emotion' or 'thought').. (chemistry) metalloidal; nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic.. (linguistics, logic) denying a proposition. (mathematics) of number, less than zero. (physics) of electrical charge of an [...]