Words that come from Latin niger

310 words across 45 languages descend from Latin niger — including Negro, nigger, nigra, nigga, nig, negritude, Negrito, cabernet.

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English (158)

Spanish (25)

Swedish (21)

French (13)

German (11)

Dutch (8)

Latin (6)

Russian (5)

Finnish (5)

Danish (4)

Norwegian Bokmål (4)

Romanian (4)

Japanese (3)

Serbo-Croatian (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Tagalog (2)

Estonian (2)

Romansch (2)

Thai (2)

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English (2)

Yiddish (2)

Cebuano (2)

Icelandic (1)

Hungarian (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Italian (1)

Armenian (1)

Ligurian (1)

Portuguese (1)

Late Latin (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Louisiana Creole (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Polish (1)

Ingrian (1)

Chavacano (1)

Livvi (1)

Azerbaijani (1)

Welsh (1)

Hawaiian (1)

Silesian (1)

Bulgarian (1)

Uyghur (1)

Punjabi (1)

Korean (1)

Words from Latin niger — 310 descendants | Etymology Explorer