negotiate English · revision 13467

− It is [[der|la|negōtiātus]], past participle of negōtiārī, to carry on business,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(Hoad 1986) or probably a back-formation from [[negotiation]] (1425),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from negōtium, business,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from neg-, not, and ōtium, leisure (see [[otiose]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(Cresswell 2021) the same image as English [[business]].^(Cresswell 2021) Barnhart suggests negōtium may be a loan translation of Greek askholíā, occupation, business, from a-, not, and skholḗ, leisure (see [[school]]).^(Barnhart 1988)